These Bones Are Real: A Memoir of Menopause, Motherhood, and What Remains

Womanhood isn’t a condition. Midlife is universal.

In These Bones Are Real: A Memoir of Menopause, Motherhood, and What Remains, Anna Sullivan writes about the unexpected journey she began at the age of thirty-seven—one that would challenge everything she knew about her body, her marriage, and her sense of self.

It starts when she is diagnosed with breast cancer and her estrogen-suppressing treatment throws her into menopause almost overnight. Overwhelmed by brain fog, sleepless nights, hot...