Heather Hendrie

As the person who's curated the collection, I say hear, hear!
If you'd like to share in stories of online dates gone wrong, bodily functions that we never talk about, and the types of universal experiences that we'd all benefit from speaking about a little more openly, you are in the right place! Come join us - you're not alone out there...

This best-selling anthology won the Canadian Book Club award in 2023 from best anthology. Read along, share your own stories, and please let us know what you think.

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As the person who's gathered these stories, I am delighted to comment on the creativity and the courage of the writers who have gathered here!
In this 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.

The award-winning anthology awfully hilarious series returns with its second installment, period pieces, featuring that most ubiquitous “time of the month.” 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.

Told in cycles, awfully hilarious: period pieces explores menstruation through feminine (but not always female) archetypal milestones of the maiden, mother, and crone—and the many identities we embody in between.

Regardless 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: We’ve been there. We’ve got you.… (más)