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With unwavering honesty, \u003ci\u003ePeriodic Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new understanding of our beliefs about female illnesses and the stories we tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"By turns thought-provoking, rage-inducing and darkly funny, \u003ci\u003ePeriodic Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e is a candid exploration of medical misogyny and the terror of the unknown: the strangeness of what it is to live with a poorly understood chronic condition.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Down, author of \u003ci\u003eBodies of Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Revelatory. Emma Hardy blends astute research and the poetry of pain in a word-perfect memoir. Clever, funny and assured, \u003ci\u003ePeriodic Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading that illuminates one of our least understood and most destructive illnesses. Through her candid and moving self-reflection, Hardy resolutely captures the heartache of having a uterus that's trying to kill you (and everyone else).\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Spargo-Ryan, author of \u003ci\u003eA Kind of Magic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"From the bloodshot eye of a cyclone, Hardy gently points at each ring of PMDD's vortex with unmatched wit and curiosity, inviting her readers into the inner workings of its torrents.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eMadison Griffiths, author of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSweet Nothings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A beautiful literary memoir that is part detective story, part love story: why is the author like this? Can she love and be loved anyway? How do we make a life with someone, how do we work, write and create, when we can't even trust our own feelings? For those with PMDD, \u003ci\u003ePeriodic Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e will be transformative - but all readers will gasp and admire how Emma Hardy captures the moment-by-moment experience of being alive.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Stanley, author of \u003ci\u003eConsider Yourself Kissed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeriodic Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fiercely human corrective to the historically clinical explorations of menstrual and mental health with a unique magnetism.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Jinx, writer and film curator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePeriodic Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e is much more than a medical memoir, it is an unflinching exploration of what it means to be human. Are we fleshy bags of hormones, Frankenstein monsters or social constructs; or are we, like the book, so wonderfully complex that we defy easy categorisation? Emma Hardy takes us to the dark places we didn't think we wanted to visit but she does so with such eloquence, intelligence and honesty that we are grateful for the experience.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eMelanie Cheng, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Burrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePeriodic Bitch\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the grinding cycles of everyday misogyny, existential uncertainty and the (sometimes) special powers of monstrosity in the same way it tracks the moods of Hardy's menstruation: You know it's coming, but how much damage might it cause? 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