Author: Champ, Janet & Moore, C

This book candidly explores a subject still largely taboo: women "of a certain age" who feel discarded and undervalued merely because they have entered the normal life stages of peri-menopause, menopause, and beyond. Rather than whine, blame, gloss over the facts or compile clinical information, the authors interview women like themselves with warmth and wit. Quotes, quizzes, a menu of symptoms and therapies, recipes, illustrations, photographs, and found material reveal myriad ways of understanding women's and society's feelings about aging and maturing.