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Book SynopsisThe subject of Menopause is just beginning to break the barrier of taboo, and become a mainstream discussion point, but that discussion has until now been very serious, medical, and, we would argue, heterosexual and white. This anthology of poems and short fiction aims to address that, with wild and wonderful writing from humour and anger, relief and distress, by women who have experienced menopause, whether naturally or as a result of surgery; with a healthy dose of views from the global majority and the lesbian, bisexual and trans communities. With contributions from Adele Evershed, Alison Habens, Alyson Hallett, Amanda Addison, Anne Caldwell, Anne Eccleshall, Anne Macaulay, Cath Holland, Cheryl Powell, Chloe Balcomb, Claire Booker, Claire Lynn, Clare Starling, Ellesar Elhaggagi, Elizabeth A Richter, Em Gray, Erica Borgstrom, Genevieve Carver, Ginger Strivelli, Helen Campbell, Jane Ayres, Jane Burn, Jane McLaughlin, Jessica Manack, Joanne Harris, JP Seabright, Julie-Ann Rowell, Karen F Pierce, Kavita A Jindal, Kim Whysall-Hammond, Lucy Lasasso, Marina Sanchez, Martha Patterson, Mary Mulholland, Rachel Playforth, Ruth Higgins, Sian Northey, Susan Bennett, Susan Cartwright-Smith, Tessa Lang, Tina Bethea Ray, Victoria Bailey, and Victoria Ekpo.
Table of ContentsFrom Menarche to Menopause Cath Holland 8 Pause Rachel Playforth 13 A sudden ending Anne Macaulay 14 My Wild Fires Marina Sanchez 16 The Grandmother Hypothesis Genevieve Carver 17 Be Cool Tina Bethea Ray 18 more the use the womb is put to than the womb itself Jane Ayres 20 Flashes of Kindness Victoria Bailey 21 Women of Your Age Erica Borgstrom 22 Night Sweats Julie-Ann Rowell 24 Red Clover and Black Cohosh Days Anne Caldwell 26 A Cabin in the Woods Lucy Lasasso 27 Washing Mary Jane Ayres 32 Deja vu Sian Northey 34 Shape-shift Alyson Hallett 35 Obit: My Last Egg Susan Bennett 36 Woman's Work Cheryl Powell 37 Relieved Victoria Bailey 39 The Other Side of Nowhere Jessica Manack 40 Flush Anne Caldwell 42 Foreign Land Ellesar Elhaggagi 43 Fairy Tales for the Over Fifties Alison Habens 44 Black Armour Joanne Harris 48 Breakup Helen Campbell 52 my vulva & i used to be friends Jane Ayres 53 Menostop Kim Whysall-Hammond 54 Shamans in Luburbia Kavita A Jindal 55 A Summer Prematurely Here Victoria Ekpo 61 Nuclear Tingle Karen F Pierce 63 Ruby-Red Jewel Martha Patterson 64 HUM PBA CK JP Seabright 65 Over the Bloody Moon-a prose poem Adele Evershed 66 You have been this country I have known Jane Burn 68 Dried Susan Cartwright-Smith 70 Evorel Clare Starling 72 The Change Ginger Strivelli 73 China Anne Caldwell 77 Natural wastage Anne Eccleshall 78 Gutsy Menopausal Woman Chloe Balcomb 79 O Womb Mary Mulholland 80 Silver Swans Amanda Addison 82 Monthly Tessa Lang 84 men-oh-paused - haibun Victoria Bailey 85 Demeter Elizabeth A Richter 86 Her mid-life performance review Ruth Higgins 88 The Farmer's Fire Jane McLaughlin 89 Wilding Em Gray 93 On Discovering a New Energy Source Claire Booker 94 Enough Already Claire Lynn 95
