The Madwoman in the Volvo
My Year of Raging Hormones
16 June 2015
Description
From an “imaginatively twisted and fearless” writer (Los Angeles Times), an hilarious memoir of middle age.
In a voice that is wry, disarming and totally candid, the "imaginatively twisted and fearless" (Los Angeles Times) Sandra Tsing Loh tells the moving and laugh-out-loud tale of her roller coaster ride through "the change". Loh chronicles relatable, everyday perils: raising daughters, weathering hormonal changes, and the ups and downs of a career and a relationship. She writes about an affair and the explosion of her marriage, and keeping her daughters off Facebook while managing the legal and marital hijinks of her eighty- nine-year-old father.
In The Madwoman in the Volvo Loh speaks hilariously and honestly, recounting her journey through a tumultuous time of life, trying to maintain appearances during an epic hormonal—physical, emotional, mental and spiritual—change. The upbeat conclusion: it does get better.
Reviews
"[Reading this book] I laughed maniacally, nodded in empathy, hooted, teared up, and laughed some more." — Mary Roach
"...riotously funny menopausal memoir..." — Vanity Fair
"Loh is such an engaging writer she manages to make this extremely difficult time hilarious." — The New York Times Book Review
"...frank and often hilarious account…" — Daily Mail