A review by re_oanslay
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners by Therese Oneill

4.0

Going into this book, I already knew I adored microhistories but this was an especially delightful surprise! In the first few pages, Oneill's humor jumped off the page and made me laugh out loud. Throughout the entire book, her tongue-in-cheek chidings about the fragility of women and the state of medicine especially were well crafted. There's also a feminist undercurrent that I appreciate, including the acknowledgment of how women of color and lower-class women are largely missing from the typical Victorian narrative.