🆕 blog! “Book Review: The Menopause by Deirdre Lundy”
★★★★☆
After reading about a menopausal werewolf (fictional) I decided that it was probably a sensible idea to read up on the reality.
Dr Lundy has an inclusive and relaxed tone of writing. She methodically goes through every aspect of the menopause in great detail. The book is sprinkled with humour to…
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@Edent Lucy Cooke also covers menopause but in less detail in her interesting and entertaining book "Bitch: On the Female of the Species". The book is about animals not humans (mostly) but has lots of interesting insights.
For example, menopause, to which author Cooke devoted an entire chapter. Did you know only five mammal species are known to exhibit this -- humans and four species of whales that hunt in packs? Lucy has a theory why this pattern was favoured by evolution but even if it's wrong, it's still interesting.
I gave the book 5 stars.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59228221-bitch
