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Author:
Chloé Caldwell
Publisher:
Soft Skull Press
Date:
April 19, 2022
A memoir about blood and love: how learning more about her period, PMS, PMDD, and the effects of hormones on moods transformed her relationshipsâto a new partner, to family, to non-blood kin, and to her own bodyâfrom the essayist and author of "Women".
What The Reviewers Say
In The Red Zone, Caldwell begins boldly, as she often has.
Along with comic, sometimes infuriating interludes (Caldwell gets her period on her wedding day and then on their delayed honeymoon), Caldwell delves deeply into medical and social aspects of menstruation as well as complex aspects of women’s health, identity, marriage, and family, resulting in a fresh, intimate, and engaging chronicle..
While the graphic physical depictions of menstrual dysfunction many not appeal to all readers, women who suffer from PMDD will take solace in the ups and downs of Caldwell’s journey toward self-acceptance, health, and love. The narrative may also appeal to anyone who suffers frustration and anger in the face of an illness for which they struggle to get an accurate diagnosis, a situation that disproportionately affects women.
... scintillating.
