Menopause Memoir

Menopause. Every woman goes through it, but few of us talk about it with our friends. Following the success of The Girl in the Gold Bikini, author Dana Goldstein is throwing back the curtain on the most challenging years of a woman's life. Holding nothing back, the author brings her unique sense of humor to her menopausal journey, sharing stories of hair growing where it shouldn't, erotic dreams that leave her shaken for days, and her struggle to stop herself from killing her beloved husband.

Haunting, lyrical, unforgettable, Girl in the Dark is a brave new memoir of a life without light. Anna Lyndsey was young and ambitious and worked hard; she had just bought an apartment; she was falling in love. Then what started as a mild intolerance to certain kinds of...

Die beliebte Schauspielerin und Instagramerin Elena Uhlig wird 50! Zeit, sich mit den wirklich wichtigen Fragen des Lebens auseinanderzusetzen. Mit Witz und Herz erzählt sie ihre Geschichte, aber auch von Wechseljahrsymptomen, liebgewonnenen Lastern – und warum wir sie lieber noch ausbauen, anstatt reduzieren sollten. Um den 50. Geburtstag wird viel Wirbel gemacht – warum eigentlich? Als der große Tag bei Elena Uhlig näher rückt, beschließt sie, einfach so zu tun, als wäre nichts. Doch dann wird sie von der Realität eingeholt, als sie eines Nachts schweißgebadet aufwacht.

In Hot Flush, Michelle traces her path from pop stardom with Liberty X through her burgeoning television career and how she came to discover the truth about a gene mutation and its consequences for her. Though her story is undoubtedly unique, what's not is her understanding of living and dealing with the menopause as a hardworking mother and wife, and it is this wisdom that she wants to share with other women - over 13 million women in the UK - estimated to be experiencing the menopause.