{"product_id":"awfully-hilarious-period-pieces","title":"awfully hilarious: period pieces","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an intimate, courageous, and transformative collection, 26 girls and women of all ages share poems and stories exploring the ups and downs of menstruation, from first period to post-menopause.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe award-winning anthology awfully hilarious series returns with its second installment, period pieces, featuring that most ubiquitous Òtime of the month.Ó These short pieces of prose and poetry illuminate our collective fascination, trepidation and shame around the biology of periods: from pre-pubescence and monthly cycles, to perimenopause, hot flashes, and menopause.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTold in cycles, awfully hilarious: period pieces explores menstruation through feminine (but not always female) archetypal milestones of the maiden, mother, and croneÑand the many identities we embody in between.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the Spring sections, the collection focuses on stories of first periods and youth on the cusp, as well as the follicular phase between flow and ovulation. Summer revels in ovulation, fertility (as well as birth control), and pregnancy. Fall represents menstruationÕs luteal phase, when many experience greater pain and distress, and finally, Winter takes readers to the very edge and end, with perimenopause and menopause.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRegardless of gender expression or experience, period pieces is for everyone: fervently and courageously sharing a human experience often forced to secrecy and solitude. In this stunning collection, readers can join the chorus: WeÕve been there. WeÕve got you.\u003cbr\u003e\nÑÑÑ\u003cbr\u003e\nawfully hilarious is an anthology series of poems, short stories, and essays that tackle social taboos by talking openly about them. With great camaraderie and heart, contributors share the awkward and devastating stories thatÑwith time and experienceÑbecome the badges of honour we share to affirm we are never truly alone in this world. Learn more at awfullyhilarious.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44436397359265,"sku":"9781738803521","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/zm84pq4-front-shortedge-384.jpg?v=1718657300","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/awfully-hilarious-period-pieces","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}