A review by lorimichelekelley
What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You by Heather Corinna

3.0

Being 54 years old and still going through this $h!^, I was drawn to the title because I keep thinking this is over with and all of a sudden I'm asking myself, "What fresh hell is THIS????" as symptoms continue to return and get worse and go away and come back and develop differently and I wanna scream and throw stuff and cry (I actually do scream, cry and throw shit). And now I know it's normal and I feel better, crying tears of relief instead of anger. Well, a little anger. a lot. Because this is going on 7 years now. I wouldn't say the book is "blisteringly funny." It has an occasional funny part. What it does best is let you know that you're okay and you'll be okay, even though it might take 10 effing years. And when you're done, things will more than likely be better. God help me if this doesn't end soon. The book didn't give me any additional information about "treatments" that I didn't already know. It did give a brief history of western medicine and menopause and it was more than depressing. Anyway, if you're in this age bracket or maybe supporting someone going through it, it's not a bad read. And after I paid $12 for the book, it went on sale for $3, so now it's affordable. god!