Rage, lust and radical growth: 5 hot menopause novels
Fiction about menopause is only recently gaining ground, after wellness guides and memoirs led the way. Five novels now tackle its early stages with force. Fran Littlewood's Amazing Grace Adams follows a 45-year-old London woman who, after her husband leaves and she loses her jobs, storms across the city on foot after a hot flush. Miranda July's All Fours sees an artist redefine herself during a secret detour from a road trip. Joanne Harris's Broken Light gives a menopausal woman newly activated psychic powers. Victoria Hannan's I Love the Whole World!