Women of the 14th Moon: Writings on Menopause
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Type
Book
Authors
Sumrall ( Amber Coverdale Sumrall )
ISBN 10
0895944774
ISBN 13
9780895944771
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
1991
Publisher
The Crossing Press, United States
Pages
325
Description
With these almost 100 brief essays, stories and poems, Taylor ( Red Flower ) and Sumrall ( Touching Fire ) offer a valuable collection, practically a support group in a package. Both Janine O'Leary Cobb and Elaine Goldman Gill challenge the premise that any problems women have during menopause are their own fault. Many contributors, who range from playwrights to artists and activists, discuss their experiences with great candor, and they disagree on some issues. For example, Jane L. Mickelson voices strong reservations about hormone therapy, while Marcia Seligson, who opted for such therapy, assesses the issue as one of "benefits versus risks." In a short story, Sumrall shows what happens when a condescending man crosses an uppity menopausal woman, and in a poem Katherine Wells muses, "It's not the babies I'll regret / but myself, stuck in an old VW body / concealing a Rolls-Royce engine." Mary Lou Logothetis's effective article reviews three decades of medical writing that sees the middle-aged woman as "a caricature of her younger self at her emotional worst." - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession‎ No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
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Main | 2553 | 813 TAY | 1 | Yes |