Menopause 2 Books Collection Set by Mariella Frostrup & Alice Smellie - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set:
Cracking the Menopause
The Happy Menopause

Condition: New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781529059052 (Cracking the Menopause)
Publisher: Bluebird (Pan Macmillan); Watkins Publishing
Age Range: Adult

Overview:
This two-book menopause set pairs broadcaster Mariella Frostrup and health journalist Alice Smellie's candid guide, Cracking the Menopause, with Smellie's nutrition-focused companion, The Happy Menopause. Together they move from understanding to action, covering physical symptoms, emotional shifts, medical options and everyday food and lifestyle tweaks. Written with warmth, humour and up-to-date expert input, the pair replace outdated myths with clear, usable information, helping readers approach perimenopause, menopause and beyond with confidence rather than confusion.

About the Books:
Cracking the Menopause opens up a conversation long left in the shadows. Frostrup shares her own journey while Smellie brings research-driven reporting, together tackling hot flushes, sleep disruption, mood changes, bone health and cognitive shifts with a wry, conversational tone. Case studies from women at every stage sit alongside interviews with gynaecologists, psychologists and sleep specialists, giving readers a trustworthy roadmap through perimenopause to post-menopause, including honest discussion of treatment choices such as HRT. The Happy Menopause shifts focus to daily habits and nutrition, offering a flexible framework rather than a rigid meal plan, helping readers identify which symptoms matter most and build simple, sustainable changes around them, whether adjusting protein intake, introducing phytoestrogens, or timing meals for better sleep. Both titles share a central belief: no two menopause journeys are identical, so advice needs to be personalised rather than generic. Read together, they equip women with both the context to understand what is happening to their bodies and the concrete, food-and-lifestyle tools to manage it, making this a genuinely complementary pairing rather than two books covering the same ground twice.

Key Benefits:

• Combines a myth-busting overview of menopause with a practical nutrition and lifestyle framework
• Written by a respected broadcaster and an award-winning health journalist
• Covers physical symptoms, emotional changes, medical options and everyday food choices
• Real case studies and expert interviews sit alongside a wry, accessible tone
• Encourages personalised, symptom-led decisions instead of one-size-fits-all advice
• A thoughtful, practical gift for any woman approaching or navigating menopause

About the Author:
Mariella Frostrup is a well-known British broadcaster and columnist, long-standing host of Radio 4's Open Book and presenter of the BBC documentary The Truth About the Menopause. Alice Smellie is an award-winning journalist specialising in health and beauty, writing for titles including the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph and Marie Claire. Frostrup and Smellie co-write Cracking the Menopause, blending personal experience with evidence-based reporting, while Smellie brings her nutrition expertise to The Happy Menopause, giving readers two distinct but complementary voices across the set.

Why You'll Love This Set:
Together these two books turn menopause from a confusing experience into something manageable, offering both the knowledge to understand your body and a practical framework of food and lifestyle changes to ease symptoms day to day.

Please Note: The individual books in this set will be dispatched as per the original UK ISBN and UK edition cover shown in the images.