Riding the Wave
'Riding the Wave' is the highly personal account of a woman confronting the menopause. ‘I was fifty-two and couldn’t stand being myself any longer,’ is how Oomen describes her search for the best way to cope with hot flushes, raging hormones, brain mush and the bodily transformation of a woman of a certain age, in a world where youth is the norm and ageing, especially women’s ageing, is supposed to remain invisible.
Original title
Oomen stroomt over
Author
Francine Oomen
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This graphic novel is ideal for reading with others and having a good laugh and cry together, shuddering and finding solace. Oomen does not beat about the bush. The menopause is no picnic, but you have to get through it: ‘During the menopause nothing is normal any longer (and that’s normal).
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Francine Oomen
Author and illustrator Francine Oomen (b. 1960) studied at the Academy for Industrial Design in Eindhoven. She has written more than a hundred children’s books, of which over three million have been sold.