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Menopause hit Darcey Steinke hard. First came hot flushes. Then insomnia. Then depression. As she struggled to understand what was happening to her, she slammed up against a culture of silence and sexism. Some promoted hormone replacement therapy, others
When Jesse's family moves to Roanoke, Virginia, in the summer of 1972, she's twelve years old and already mindful of the schism between innocence and femininity, the gap between childhood and the world of adults. Her father, a former pastor, cycle
"[Darcey Steinke] has written a searingly intelligent, richly imagined, deeply moving memoir and exploration of menopause . . . I love this book. I admire this book. I want everyone to read this book. It's fierce, and it's important." --
'Darcey writes with a raw, forensic transcendence' NICK CAVE 'It's a blessing to live while Darcey is writing' MAGGIE NELSON In This Is the Door , acclaimed author Darcey Steinke explores the agony and ecstasy of pain in its many forms
"It's a blessing to live while Darcey Steinke is writing." -- Maggie Nelson "A work of art that could only have emerged from the crucible of truth... absolutely beautiful." -- Elizabeth Gilbert Darcey Steinke, acclaimed author of F