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'Essential reading for everyone' - Marian Keyes
It's time for us to start talking about the menopause. Cracking the Menopause, from straight-talking broadcaster Mariella Frostrup and health journalist Alice Smellie, has all the information you need, delivered with characteristic wry humour.It's high time we renovated and elevated this life change. Despite the centuries of speculation and propaganda, we are not overheating or inherently cold, we are not hysterics or boiling vats of toxic poisons, we are not dried up or washed up, we are simply menopausal.In this no-holds-barred guide, Mariella shares her own journey through the menopause, along with the latest science, advice from leading experts
and humorous illustrations - to provide an informative source of wisdom and enlightenment.
Featuring case studies from women in every walk of life and all stages of their menopause journey,
Cracking the Menopause opens up the conversation about an urgent topic that half the population will experience, but barely anyone is talking about. Designed to equip you with the knowledge to manage your symptoms from perimenopause onwards, this essential book separates the myths from the reality and offers expertise, hope and advice.
'I inhaled this book, it's fantastic. Women of all ages need to read it.' - Claudia Winkleman'Mariella and Alice have just written one of the most important books of the year, bravo.' - Gabby Logan
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Mariella Frostrup with Alice Smellie
Summary
A groundbreaking, no-holds-barred guide to the menopause – that combines a passion to enlighten and inform as well as entertain – from inimitable broadcaster, writer and campaigner Mariella Frostrup and award-winning health journalist Alice Smellie.
Foreword
A groundbreaking, no-holds-barred guide to the menopause – that combines a passion to enlighten and inform as well as entertain – from inimitable broadcaster, writer and campaigner Mariella Frostrup and award-winning health journalist Alice Smellie.
Additional text
It’s fascinating, and a little scary that men are so ignorant about something that will probably significantly affect someone they’ve lived with for two decades!
