Flash count diary : a new story about the menopause / Darcey Steinke.

Menopause hit Darcey Steinke hard. First came hot flushes. Then insomnia. The depression. As she struggled to understand what was happening to her, Steinke slammed up against a culture of silence and sexism. Some promoted hormone replacement therapy, others encouraged acceptance, but there was little that offered a path to understanding menopause in a constructive and liberating way. Flash count diary is a powerful and wide-ranging exploration into aspects of menopause that have rarely been written about, including changing gender landscape that reduced levels of hormones brings, the actualities of transforming desires, and the realities of prejudice against older women. It is a deeply feminist book, honest about the intimations of mortality that menopause signals, but also an argument for the ascendancy, beauty and power of the post-reproductive years in women's lives.