The Big M

11 Writers Take Back the Story of Menopause

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By Lidia Yuknavitch

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  • “As varied in experience as it is refreshingly and (yes) brutally honest, The Big M offers a chorus of voices to enlighten, guide, and buoy any woman through the joys, the trials, and the ultimate awakening/redefining that occurs in midlife.”
    Cathi Hanauer, editor of New York Times bestseller Bitch in the House
  • “At last, a corrective breaking the pervasive silence around menopause and its many effects on the body and mind, effects that have previously blindsided one uninformed generation after another. The Big M gathers some of the most compelling writers of our time, voicing a wide array of menopause experiences, and revealing ways in which—counter to gendered ageism's messaging—we gain empowerment in our crone years."
    Sari Botton, founder of Oldster Magazine, and author of And You May Find Yourself...Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo

On Sale
Jan 27, 2026
Page Count
304 pages
ISBN-13
9781538765548

Lidia Yuknavitch

About the Author

Lidia Yuknavitch is the nationally bestselling author of the novels Thrust, The Book of JoanThe Small Backs of Children, and Dora: A Headcase, and of the memoir The Chronology of Water. She is the recipient of two Oregon Book Awards and has been a finalist for the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and the PEN Center USA Creative Nonfiction Award. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

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