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Her Blood Is Gold:
Awakening to the Wisdom of Menstruation
Originally published in 1993, this inspirational book was the first to explore in depth the impact of menstrual stigma and how this is enacted through attitudes and behaviours.
The book describes the positive changes that develop when we start embracing and acknowledging the menstrual cycle and the act of menstruating itself.
Menstrual awareness is fundamental to physical and psychological health and well-being. This book will show you how to shift your perspective, make friends with your own body, gain inner strength, and take good care of yourself.
Her Blood is gold
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“I felt like I was walking around on air for days after reading Her Blood Is Gold. It was like a veil had been lifted. Your sharp analysis of the cultural construction of our attitudes towards menstruation really opened my eyes to alternative possibilities and more attuned ways of relating to my body.”
Laura Robson, The Body Literacy Collective, London.
“Like the wise-women whose memory she celebrates, Lara Owen is both scientist and poet. In this wonderful book, she shows how “the curse”, when respected, becomes every woman’s crock of gold.”
Chris Knight Ph.D., author of Blood Relations: Menstruation and the Origins of Culture, Professor of Anthropology, University of East London.
“I want to tell you how much your book on menstruation has meant to me…..If I’d had it when I was thirty it would have saved me a lot of pain and confusion.”
Scilla Elworthy, author of Power and Sex, founder of the Oxford Research Group.
“Menstruation has long been considered women’s dirty little secret, discussed only when missed…….Lara Owen explores the mysteries and spiritual significance of menstruation.”
ELLE MAGAZINE
“This is an extraordinary book that is difficult to put down.”
Network for Optimal Aging and Wellness
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January 2024: The Spanish edition of Her Blood Is Gold has just been published as Su Sangre es Oro. Available worldwide. Here is the link to the book at amazon.com
December 2023: There are still some issues with Amazon and the book can be difficult to find there. Here are the correct links to the current edition in English on amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.
September 2022: Her Blood Is Gold was reissued this month with a new cover and slight alterations inside to the preface and end matter. The main text remains the same as the 2008 edition.
December 2021: Lara’s next book will be about contemporary innovations in menstrual organization. Due out from Oxford University Press in 2024.
January 2021: The French edition of Her Blood Is Gold will be published by Oxus Press on February 11 as Femme, ton sang est de l’or. Available for order already on Amazon, Fnac etc.
May 2020: An excerpt from Her Blood Is Gold is now available in Turkish at Aysa Erdogyu’s blog and the group have also published a hard copy. We hope this will lead to a full Turkish edition.
July 2019: Seu Sangue é Ouro,the Portugese translation of Her Blood Is Gold, is now back in print and on sale in a beautiful new edition of the updated 2008 English language version. Many thanks to Brazilian translator and publisher Josiane Tibursky at Lotus 22 who has done the most fantastic job. The book has quite a special following in Brazil due to the popularity of the 1994 translation, long out of print and passed around in photocopies for years.
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