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Mentalpause and Other Midlife Laughs Kindle Edition

by Laura Jensen Walker (Author), Martha Bolton (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition
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Do you often forget the words for common things, like "husband" or "bathtub"? Have you suddenly found sub-zero temperatures pleasant? Do you survive on chocolate supplements? Ask these questions of any woman who has been through menopause, is going through it, or is soon to hit it, and she'll say yes (and then, most likely, cry).

Laura Jensen Walker went into early menopause after her bout with cancer and can sympathize with other "mentalpause" sufferers and survivors. As in Thanks for the Mammogram!, she uses hilarious vignettes and a delightful mix of wit and wisdom to connect with her readers. With chapters about how "All Varicose Veins Lead to Rome" and "PMS Is a Picnic in the Park," this book helps women dealing with "mentalpause" and those around them gain a better understanding--and certainly a lighter attitude--about this passage of life.

Mentalpause . . . and Other Midlife Laughs will get readers laughing at themselves as they hear Laura lightheartedly describe her age spots, lament her sagging everything, and look anew at love after forty.
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    April 1, 2012
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Do you often forget the words for common things, like "husband" or "sink"? Have you suddenly found subzero temperatures pleasant? Are your body parts starting to move south for the winter, spring, summer . . . ? Midlife and menopause can be . . . what was I going to say? Oh, yeah, they can be challenging times. But there are plenty of reasons to be thankful, too. Laura Jensen Walker went into early menopause after her bout with breast cancer. In this book, she celebrates life and helps you laugh in the midst of hot flashes and memory loss. As in Thanks for the Mammogram!, Laura shares hilarious vignettes and words of wisdom from her experience and those of other women who have "been there, done that," are there, or are headed into "mentalpause." Don’t worry when you find yourself entering "fuddy-duddydom" or looking at your mother’s face in the mirror; turn down the air-conditioning and join Laura for a lot of laughs instead. Laura Jensen Walker is an author, speaker, and breast cancer survivor who likes to touch lives with the healing power of laughter. Her books include Thanks for the Mammogram!, Dated Jekyll, Married Hyde, and Love Handles for the Romantically Impaired. Laura lives in Sacramento, California, with her husband, Michael, and their piano-playing dog, Gracie.

About the Author

Laura Jensen Walker is a journalist, editor, public speaker, and a breast cancer survivor. She is the author of Dated Jekyll, Married Hyde; Love Handles for the Romantically Impaired; and Thanks for the Mammogram! Walker lives in Sacramento, California, with her husband, Michael, and their piano-playing dog, Gracie.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007764OZW
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Revell; Reprint edition (April 1, 2012)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 1, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3024 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 177 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Award-winning author Laura Jensen Walker has written more than 20 books--fiction and non-fiction, including THANKS FOR THE MAMMOGRAM. A lover of mysteries since she read her first Trixie Belden in fourth grade, Laura is the author of three lighthearted mystery novels including the #1 Amazon bestselling, Agatha-nominated. MURDER MOST SWEET. She flew a typewriter across Europe in Uncle Sam’s Air Force in her twenties and fell in love with all things English while stationed at an RAF base in the UK. Captivated by the tales of an overlooked group of WWII RAF women--the Flying Nightingales--Laura knew she had to tell their story. DEATH OF A FLYING NIGHTINGALE (September 2024) is her first historical novel.

Laura lives in Northern California in a wannabe-English cottage where she drinks tea and dreams of England. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America.

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Carla
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Funny
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2012
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I loved this book only took me 2 days to read it. I would like my husband to read this because he thinks I am crazy! I have done alot of these crazy things in this book. I love reading this kind of book it just makes me feel better knowing other people are or have gone through all these changes and I'm not alone. Hot flashes, forgetfullness, weight gain and misplacing items like putting my coffee creamer in the cabinet instead of the refrigerator looking for it the next morning and wondering what happened to it. I would tell all my mental-pause friends to read it!
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My Favorite Pastime
4.0 out of 5 stars mental-pause
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2013
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This book totally made me laugh out loud! So many stories that the author told I would say, " I have had that happen to me!!" In fact one of the first stories in the book was how women in menopause can look at an object and the word for it not even come to mind. I had just gotten done trying to tell my daughter something about a box and couldn't figure out the word box!!! I was making the shape of the box with my hands, the word box was in my head somewhere, it just wouldn't come out of my mouth! Oh my! So when I read that in the book I was much relieved that other women experience the same thing. For a light-hearted look at hot-flashes, age spots and the mid-life spread Mental-Pause is the book for you!
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Charcoal
3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat bemused and bewildered
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2012
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I am a woman in my 50's going through perimenopause/menopause so I could relate to quite a few things mentioned in the book, some of which were really quite funny and I did laugh out loud about 4 or 5 times in total, however I wouldn't exactly say the book was generally hilarious. In fact it was a bit depressing, more of a long list of ailments one might expect to face! What bemused and bewildered me was that a fair bit of the content seemed to refer to people a lot older, in their 60's and even 70's. The quotes at the beginning of the chapters even mentioned old age, one for example "Old age isn't for sissies" by Bette Davis. Um....I thought we were talking middle age, not old age? By the way just an aside, I did feel that many of the ailments listed could be avoided just by being in a healthy weight range and exercising, things which are not always easy to do, but the results are well worth it at this age...since starting to exercise regularly and eat healthily I feel ten years younger despite the hormone swings and hot flashes! I liked some of the suggestions at the end of the book, but is it necessary to bring religion into it? Overall it was a fairly lighthearted and easy read though which is why I gave it 3 stars.
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S. Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2012
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This book is absolutely wonderful. I was reading it in the car on vacation and I was laughing so hard that my family wanted me to read it to them! They loved it and kept saying, "You do that!" LOL Since we got home, my husband has continued to ask me to read it with him. He thinks ALL husbands should read it with their wives. It is a refreshing read that helps you find humor in what doesn't always seem so funny. Thoroughly enjoying reading it. Thank you so much for writing an awesome book!
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Sam
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book!!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2020
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So humorous! Her view of a woman's life hits the nail on the head! Comforting to know other women experience same "mentalpause" symptoms, too! Most importantly, she reminds the reader that regardless of what life challenges you with, God is always with you and He has a sense of humor, too!😃
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Shayy
2.0 out of 5 stars Laughs?
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2012
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I must admit, I am only 34. I am not anywhere in the range of menopause and I was looking for a light, funny read when I downloaded this book (it was free at the time.) I found that I got about 80% through (I really tried, I did!) and just couldn't do it. I did have a few giggles but not what I was expecting. Maybe I am too young and unaware of what is to come to really appreciate the hilarity of it but in my opinion, it wasn't very funny.
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kklinz
4.0 out of 5 stars FUNNY! But ONLY if you can relate...
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2012
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This was a fun book!
There were several points in the book that had me rolling with laughter. My husband, curious what I'm reading that is so hysterical, didn't think it so funny when I read him the very excerpt that I had found so absolutely hilarious! Thus...super funny book, but only if you've had any of the symptoms that age and menopause bring on.
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Marsha Ronquist
5.0 out of 5 stars This is wonderfully funny.
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2012
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I am writing this review before I finish this because I found no reviews of the Kindle version. All were for the paperback. So far, I am finding this very funny and touching. Will add more as I finish this but wanted people to know the Kindle addition has no problems.

I am most of the way through this and I do think it is funny. Laughter brings healing to the bones. It is good for the soul.
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