Notes on Womanhood

By Sarah Jane Barnett

After Sarah Jane Barnett had a hysterectomy in her forties, a comment by her doctor that she wouldn't be "less of a woman" prompted her to investigate what the concept of womanhood meant to her. Part memoir, part feminist manifesto, part coming-of-middle-age story, Notes on Womanhood is the result. Here, Barnett examines the devastation she inflicted on herself as a young woman, the invisibility she feels as her youth fades, the power of female friendship, the stories women learn about midlife and menopause, and how being the daughter of a transgender woman changed her ideas of womanhood.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1990048366
• ISBN13: 9781990048364
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Otago University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"