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If it's a "woman's disease", there just isn't research done on it, which means the doctors don't know what causes it, which of course means the pro life doctors don't know how to cure it. As my doctor said, pro life it was only after men started getting irritable bowel syndrome (or admitting to it, I should say), that any research and treatment came about. The book was indeed "slight" (as Kaysen described it in an interview), but to add much more to it would be to belabor the point. Your vagina has rebeled, pro life your vagina has died, it's horrible - we get it. The terse prose was perfect for the subject matter, and the imagery was lovely. It was also a very quick read - a nice change from long, depressing literary novels. I disagree with the reviewer who said that getting into the "old age" portion was a bad thing - it's part and parcel to how the author was feeling - her vagina hurt, she's getting old, she's no longer sexually attractive/active...
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