Why Is Mom Such A Bitch?

A Family Survival Guide to Perimenopause and Menopause For Partners, Kids, and The Woman Losing Her Mind

The Menopause Book Your Whole Family Needs to Read

Most menopause books focus on a woman’s symptoms and hormones. This one focuses on what those symptoms and hormones do to the people around her, and tells everyone how to deal with it (finally!)

I’ve written this for everyone caught in the blast radius, from the partner walking on eggshells, to the teenager who doesn't understand why Mom lost it over a yoghurt pot, to the adult child watching from a distance, wondering when (or if) it will all blow over.

It’s also for the woman in the middle who is too exhausted to explain it all herself (obviously).

Why Is Mom Such a Bitch? is the book you hand to your loved ones and say, “Just read this." It’s time to demystify the menopause and say out loud what every family is thinking but nobody dares ask.

Inside, you'll find:

• What perimenopause and menopause actually do to her body, brain, and identity, explained so the whole family gets it
• Why your relationship feels unrecognizable, and the five dynamics pulling you apart (plus how to stop them)
• Communication scripts for the hardest conversations: what to say, what never to say, and when to stop talking entirely
• The truth about menopause and sex: including the Intimacy Ladder that rebuilds physical connection without pressure
• How to talk to younger children, teenagers, and adult children about what's happening (age-by-age guide included)
• The Household Load Audit: because women in menopause can't keep running the entire house on three hours of sleep
• A complete Family Menopause Action Plan you can copy and stick on the fridge
• Quick wins at the end of every chapter: small, specific actions you can start taking right now

This is definitely not a medical textbook. It's more like a brutally honest, sometimes funny survival guide written by a woman who lived through it, complete with the arguments, the teenage standoffs, and the night even the dog wanted to move out.

If you loved the straight-talking warmth of Hot and Bothered by Jancee Dunn or the practical honesty of The New Menopause by Dr Mary Claire Haver, but wished someone had written one for the whole household... this is that book.

Perimenopause and menopause affect the entire family, but silence makes it worse. This book breaks the silence.

Order your copy. Then leave it on the kitchen table where everyone can see it.