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  <title><![CDATA[Hot Flashes: Women Writers on the Change of Life]]></title>
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  <default_description>This collection of 20 personal essays and five poems by women writers on the experience of menopause features contributions by Germaine Greer, Marge Piercy, Gloria Steinem, Ellen Gilchrist, and others who describe not only the physical changes associated with &quot;the change,&quot; but the emotional and spiritual components as well.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this book up from a neighborhood garage sale. I wish I could say I bought it from a bookseller because these women writers deserve to earn their royalties. <br/><br/>This is a collection of essays by female authors on their experiences with menopause. I believe it caught my eye because it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48834989">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I bought it used on Amazon, and as another reviewer mentioned, I also wish it was still in print so the authors could get their royalties. It was interesting, and comforting, to read about other women's experiences because where I come from people don't discuss this perfectly normal change that all ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54641211">more...</a>]]></body>
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