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Books for inspiration and information

Abrams, Rebecca (1997) The Playful Self; why women need play in their lives, Fourth estate, London

Anderson, Sherry Ruth and Hopkins, Patricia (1991) The Feminine Face of God: the unfolding of the sacred in women, Gill and MacMillan, Dublin

Baldwin, Christina (1996) Calling the Circle: the first and future culture, Gateway, Bath

Ballard, Karen (2003) Understanding menopause, Wiley, Chichester

Belenky, Mary Field, Clinchy, Blythe McVicker, Goldberger, Nancy Rule, Tarule, Jill Mattuck (1986), Women’s ways of knowing: the development of self, voice and mind, Basic Books, New York

Belenky, Mary Field, Bond, Lynne A, Weinstock, Jacqueline S (1997,) A tradition that has no name: nurturing the development of people, families and communities, Basic books, New York

Bolen, Jean Shinoda (1999) The Millionth Circle: how to change ourselves and the world: the essential guide to women’s circles, Conari, Berkeley, California

Estes, Clarissa Pinkola (1992) Women who run with the wolves: contacting the power of the wild woman, Rider, London

Fischer, Kathleen (1996) Moving on: a spiritual journey for women of maturity, SPCK, London

Friedan, Betty (1993) The Fountain of Age, Simon and Schuster, New York

Glenville, Marilyn (2002) New natural alternatives to HRT, London, Kyle Cathie

Glouberman, Dina (2002), The Joy of Burnout, Hodder and Stoughton

Greer, Germaine (1991) The Change: women ageing and the menopause, Hamish Hamilton, London

Hall, Judy and Jacobs, Robert (1998) Holistic Menopause: a new approach to midlife change, Findhorn Press, Forres

Hen Co-op (1993) Growing old disgracefully, Piatkus, London: second edition published 2002 by Hen Co-op

Horrigan, Bonnie J. (1997) Red Moon Passage, Thorsons, London

Jong, Erica (1995) Fear of Fifty: a midlife memoir, Vintage, London

Kenton, Lesley (1996) Passage to Power, Vermilion, London:

Lessing, Doris (1975) The summer before the dark, Penguin, Harmondsworth

Lessing, Doris (1996) Love, again, Flamingo, London

Maitland, Sara (2003) On becoming a fairy godmother, Maia, London 2003 (short stories)

Maitland, Sara (1993) On becoming a fairy godmother: role-models for the menopausal woman, in (ed) Goldsworthy, Joanna, A Certain Age: reflecting on the menopause, Virago, London

McIntyre, Anne (1999) The Complete Woman's Herbal, Gaia Books London

Miller, Jean Baker (1976,) Towards a new psychology of women, Penguin, Harmondsworth

Murray, Jenni (2001) Is it me or is it hot in here? Vermilion, London

Northrup, Christiane (2001) The wisdom of menopause, Piatkus

Piercy, Marge (2000) Three women Piatkus, London

Piercy, Marge (1995) The Longings of Women, Penguin, Harmondsworth

Rountree, Cathleen (1993) On women turning 50: celebrating midlife discoveries,
HarperSanfransciso

Saiving, Valerie (1992) The human situation: a feminine view, in (eds) Christ, Carol P, and Plaskow, Judith, Womanspirit rising: a feminist reader in religion, HarperSanFransisco, New York

Slee, Nicola (2004), Women’s Faith Development, Ashgate, Aldershot

Taylor, Dena and Sumral, Amber Coverdale (1991) Women of the Fourteenth Moon: writings on menopause, Crossing Press, Freedom, California

Van Eyk McCain, Marian (1991) Transformation through Menopause, Bergin & Garvey, New York

Van Eyk McCain, Marian (2002) Elderwoman: Reap the Wisdom, Feel the Power, Embrace the Joy, Findhorn Press Inc, Scotland

Walker, Barbara (1985) The Crone: Woman of Age, Wisdom and Power, Harper and Row, New York

Weed, Susun S (2002) New menopausal years: the wise woman way, Ashtree publishing, Woodstock, New York

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