Books we recommend…
Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden
Period Repair Manual is your guide to better periods using natural treatments such as diet, nutritional supplements, herbal medicine, and natural hormones. It contains advice and tips for women of every age and situation. If you have a period (or want a period), then this book is for you.
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Judy Blume has written some of the best books of our time about real-life issues family stress and pressures, what happens when your parents divorce, the problems of growing up and sexual awakening, bereavement with insight, sensitivity and honesty.
A Good Time to be a Girl by Helena Morrissey
Drawing on her experience as a City CEO, mother of nine, and founder of the influential 30% Club which campaigns for gender-balanced UK company boards, her manifesto for new ways of working, living, loving and raising families is for everyone, not just women.
Period Power by Nadya Okamoto
PERIOD founder and Harvard College student Nadya Okamoto offers a manifesto on menstruation and why we can no longer silence those who bleed--and how to engage in youth activism.
Periods Gone Public by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
The first book to explore menstruation in the current cultural and political landscape and to investigate the new wave of period activism taking the world by storm.
Period by Emma Barnett
Funny, frank and fearless, Emma Barnett takes on one of the last taboo subjects in modern society. Through personal anecdote and the testimony of others, Barnett asks why the issue of periods still embarrasses and appalls and makes a bracing, common sense case for full and frank honesty.
Confessions of a Menopausal Woman by Andrea McLean
The menopause. An emotionally complex issue that can trigger a whole host of physical and mental side effects. So why aren't we talking about it?
The Hot Topic by Christa D’Souza
In this fabulously confessional romp through the menopause, D'Souza tells us what it was like for her, and what it will be like for you. She meets a bunch of menopausal nuns in San Francisco, goes hunter-gathering with the Hadza tribe in Tanzania, interviews experts around the world to get the latest science... and discovers along the way some surprising silver linings to this key milestone of maturity.
The M Word by Dr. Philippa Kaye
The menopause does not have to mean the end of your libido, of sex, of work, or of feeling like who you used to be. The M Word is a complete one-stop guide to the peri-menopause and menopause, covering everything from understanding symptoms to managing relationships to which treatments really work.
Older and Wider by Jenny Eclair
Older and Wider is Jenny Eclair's hilarious, irreverent and refreshingly honest compendium of the menopause. From C for Carb-loading and G for Getting Your Shit Together to I for Invisibility and V for Vaginas, Jenny's whistle-stop tour of the menopause in all its glory will make you realise that it really isn't just you.
Me & My Menopausal Vagina
One women's journey of menopause and vaginal atrophy. Written in collaboration with her daughter in a `tongue in cheek' way to help break taboos of vaginal atrophy. This book is informative, serious, tear-jerking and guaranteed to make you laugh.