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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! (June 2020)

A hilarious and heartfelt A-Z of getting through the menopause, from comedian and national treasure Jenny Eclair.

If youre after an in-depth medical or psychological insight into the menopause, Im afraid youve opened the wrong book - Im not a doctor . . . However, I am a woman and I do know how it feels to be menopausal, so this book is written from experience and the heart and I hope it makes you laugh and feel better.

From C for Carb-loading and G for Getting Your Shit Together to I for Invisibility and V for Vaginas, Jennys whistle-stop tour of the menopause in all its glory will make you realise that it really isnt just you.

Jenny shares the surprising lessons she has learnt along the way, as well as her hard-won tips on everything from dealing with an empty nest (get a lodger) to keeping the lid on the pressure cooker of your temper (count to twenty, ten is never enough).

I cant say that Ive emerged like a beautiful butterfly from some hideous old menopausal chrysalis and it would be a lie to say that Ive found the old me again. But what I have found is the new me - and you know what? Im completely cool with that.