{"title":"Mariella Frostrup","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"cracking-the-menopause-mariella-frostrup-paperback-womens-health","title":"Cracking the Menopause by Mariella Frostrup \u0026 Alice Smellie - Non Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529059052\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bluebird (Pan Macmillan)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCracking the Menopause: While Keeping Yourself Together is a candid, witty and thoroughly researched paperback guide to perimenopause and menopause. Written by broadcaster Mariella Frostrup and health journalist Alice Smellie, it blends personal experience, expert interviews and up-to-date science to help readers understand symptoms, treatment options and self-care strategies. Approachable rather than clinical, it's designed for women navigating this life stage, as well as partners, friends and colleagues who want to understand and support them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMenopause affects roughly half the population, yet for generations it has been treated as a taboo subject, spoken of only in euphemism or as the punchline to a joke. Cracking the Menopause sets out to change that. Mariella Frostrup shares her own perimenopause journey with characteristic frankness, while co-author Alice Smellie draws on years of health journalism to translate research into practical, readable advice. Together they cover the full spectrum of symptoms — from hot flushes, brain fog and disrupted sleep to changes in mood, libido and long-term risks such as bone density and heart disease. The book features interviews with leading gynaecologists, GPs, psychologists, nutritionists and sleep specialists, giving readers a trustworthy grounding in the options available, including hormone replacement therapy, lifestyle adjustments and complementary approaches. Case studies from women of different ages and backgrounds sit alongside the science, so no reader feels alone. Wry illustrations and Frostrup's trademark humour keep the tone warm even when discussing difficult subjects, and the book has been widely praised for making an under-discussed topic feel accessible and useful. It's a book to read cover to cover or dip into chapter by chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClear, jargon-free explanations of perimenopause and menopause symptoms and their causes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvidence-based guidance on HRT, treatments and lifestyle changes to help you make informed choices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpert interviews with gynaecologists, psychologists, sleep specialists and nutritionists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal case studies that normalise and validate every reader's experience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarm, witty tone that makes a difficult subject approachable rather than daunting\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA practical paperback reference to return to as symptoms change over time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMariella Frostrup is one of Britain's best-known broadcasters, a long-standing host of Radio 4's Open Book and a weekly columnist for the Observer, who has also fronted a record-breaking BBC documentary on the menopause. Alice Smellie is an award-winning health and beauty journalist who writes for major UK publications and co-founded the campaign group Menopause Mandate. 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Alice Smellie is an experienced health journalist and co-founder of the campaign group Menopause Mandate, launched in 2022. 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