by Laura Wershler | Mar 27, 2015 | Literature, Menstruation, Ovulation, Reproduction
In Parts 1 and 2, I wondered why author Ann Patchett chose not to include information about menstruation, femcare products and birth control that, logically, would have enhanced her novel’s inciting premise—lifelong menstruation and fertility—while retaining the...
by Laura Wershler | Jan 22, 2015 | Books, Fertility, Hormones, Literature, Media, Menarche, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
In her novel State of Wonder Ann Patchett explores, among many broad themes, the question: What if there were a drug women could take to extend menstruation and fertility into their seventies? Not evident on the dust jacket, this storyline grabbed the attention of...