- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (29 Oct 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140126694
- ISBN-13: 978-0140126693
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 185,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this study of the real and fundamental change which women experience during the menopause and which, like other fundamental changes, needs mental preparation and acceptance if it is not to be found unbearable, Dr Greer examines medical theories and treatment over the ages, and finds them often contradictory, excessive and, at times, dangerous. She responds to the traditional attitude of men and society which has been responsible for the creation of an image of the older woman as fake damsel or old crone. Dr Greer has weighed up the facts, the theories and the outright fabrications.
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Witty, intelligent and uplifting, this book about what it means to be female isn't just for those who are currently going through the menopause- I'm 20 and I love it. Although detailed and thoroughly-researched where necessary, the book leaps confidently between widely differing topics, including medical treatments, analyses of how older women are portrayed in literature, and accounts of the terrific courtesans of the past whose innate sex appeal and character enabled them to continue to fascinate men long after they had lost their youthful looks. The book ends with a convincing and uplifting argument that the clue to happiness lies in one's inner serenity and interest in life reather than in how one appears to others. The writing displays Greer's trademark blend of spirit and erudition. Smashing.
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