Cracking the Menopause, The Happy Menopause 2 Books Collection Set

Cracking the Menopause, The Happy Menopause is a two-book collection that explores menopause through both lived experience and practical guidance. Bringing together conversation-led insight and nutrition-focused support, the set offers two distinct approaches to understanding perimenopause and menopause.

In Cracking the Menopause: While Keeping Yourself Together, broadcaster Mariella Frostrup and health journalist Alice Smellie argue for a clearer, more honest public discussion. The book draws on Mariella’s own journey and combines science with advice from leading experts, alongside humorous illustrations and case studies from women at different stages, with the aim of separating myth from reality and supporting symptom management from perimenopause onwards. The Happy Menopause: Smart Nutrition to Help You Flourish by Jackie Lynch provides nutrition and lifestyle guidance, including symptom-led sections, targeted approaches and simple recipe tips, and was highly commended in the Wellbeing Book category at the Health and Wellbeing Awards 2021.

Included titles

• Cracking the Menopause: While Keeping Yourself Together
• The Happy Menopause: Smart Nutrition to Help You Flourish

Key details

• Two-book collection set
• Cracking the Menopause by Mariella Frostrup and Alice Smellie
• The Happy Menopause by Jackie Lynch
• The Happy Menopause was highly commended in the Wellbeing Book category at the Health and Wellbeing Awards 2021
• Cracking the Menopause includes expert advice, case studies and humorous illustrations

Synopses

Cracking the Menopause: While Keeping Yourself Together

This title calls for a renewed, more open way of talking about menopause, challenging speculation and misinformation. It blends personal experience with science and expert advice, supported by illustrations and case studies from women at different stages. The emphasis is on improving understanding and helping with symptom management from perimenopause onwards.

The Happy Menopause: Smart Nutrition to Help You Flourish

Jackie Lynch sets out a practical nutrition and lifestyle guide shaped by the view that menopause experiences vary from person to person. The book explains how perimenopause and menopause can affect the body and how diet can make a difference, whether or not you use HRT. Symptom-led sections provide targeted nutritional approaches, lifestyle advice and simple recipe tips designed to help create a bespoke menopause diet with minimal fuss.