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The silent passage : menopause /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Random House, c1992.Edition: 1st edDescription: 161 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 067941388X :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 618.1/75052 20
LOC classification:
  • RG186 .S665 1992
NLM classification:
  • WP 580
Contents:
"The Need to Know and the Fear of Knowing" "You're Not Old Enough" When You Least Expect It. Deal Or Deny? Mother Doesn't Know Best. History and the Victorian Hangover. Doctors Still in the Dark Ages. Cinderella Hits Menopause. Boomers' Gift to Women. Roseanne in Menopause? Across Color, Class, and Culture Lines -- The Perimenopause Panic. Dancing Around Depression. "Stress Menopause" Menopause Moms. Sex and the Change-Of-Life Lover. Educating Your Man -- The Menopause Gateway. Partnering Yourself Through a Natural Menopause. The Hidden Thieves. The Cheating Heart. Embezzled Bone. Has Anyone Seen My Memory? Dangerous Breasts. Should I Or Shouldn't I? Cost-Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy. Do I Have to Stay on Hormones Forever? Help Is on the Way -- Coalescence. Extra-Sexual Passions. Wisewoman Power. Emptying and Refilling.
Summary: All women face menopause, but, as Gail Sheehy so compellingly reveals in interviews with women from a broad spectrum of economic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds, the passage is seldom easy. Distracting symptoms, confusing medical advice, unsympathetic reactions from loved ones, and the scornful attitudes of society at large often make menopause a lonely and emotionally draining experience. In this groundbreaking book, Sheehy sets out to erase the stigma of menopause and "render normalcy to a normal physical process." She writes frankly about her own experiences and uncovers the frustrations of other women who have long suffered in silence. She brings together the most current information from the United States and abroad and assesses women's options and risks. This is a book of candor and hope that places menopause within the cycle of life as "the gateway to a second adulthood." When portions of this book first appeared in Vanity Fair, the response was immediate and electrifying. For everyone who has experienced menopause--and the millions of women of the baby-boom generation who will soon face it--The Silent Passage is sure to become a touchstone.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 618.1 SHE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) RG186 Available 34517000187248

"A portion of this work was originally published in the October 1991 issue of Vanity fair"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

"The Need to Know and the Fear of Knowing" "You're Not Old Enough" When You Least Expect It. Deal Or Deny? Mother Doesn't Know Best. History and the Victorian Hangover. Doctors Still in the Dark Ages. Cinderella Hits Menopause. Boomers' Gift to Women. Roseanne in Menopause? Across Color, Class, and Culture Lines -- The Perimenopause Panic. Dancing Around Depression. "Stress Menopause" Menopause Moms. Sex and the Change-Of-Life Lover. Educating Your Man -- The Menopause Gateway. Partnering Yourself Through a Natural Menopause. The Hidden Thieves. The Cheating Heart. Embezzled Bone. Has Anyone Seen My Memory? Dangerous Breasts. Should I Or Shouldn't I? Cost-Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy. Do I Have to Stay on Hormones Forever? Help Is on the Way -- Coalescence. Extra-Sexual Passions. Wisewoman Power. Emptying and Refilling.

All women face menopause, but, as Gail Sheehy so compellingly reveals in interviews with women from a broad spectrum of economic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds, the passage is seldom easy. Distracting symptoms, confusing medical advice, unsympathetic reactions from loved ones, and the scornful attitudes of society at large often make menopause a lonely and emotionally draining experience. In this groundbreaking book, Sheehy sets out to erase the stigma of menopause and "render normalcy to a normal physical process." She writes frankly about her own experiences and uncovers the frustrations of other women who have long suffered in silence. She brings together the most current information from the United States and abroad and assesses women's options and risks. This is a book of candor and hope that places menopause within the cycle of life as "the gateway to a second adulthood." When portions of this book first appeared in Vanity Fair, the response was immediate and electrifying. For everyone who has experienced menopause--and the millions of women of the baby-boom generation who will soon face it--The Silent Passage is sure to become a touchstone.

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