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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Published: Oct 2002
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Women
Retail Price: $14.00
Pages: 160
Susanna Kaysen, who wrote about her teenage depression in the bestseller 'Girl, Interrupted, now takes on another taboo: her vagina-which suddenly and inexplicably starts to hurt. And neither Kaysen's cheery gynecologist, nor her internist, nor a laconic 'vulvologist' has the cure. An alternative health nurse suggests direct application of tea, baking soda, and boric acid. Others recommend novocaine, oatmeal, 'bio-feedback,' and anti-depressants. Nothing works. As sex becomes more and more painful, Kaysen's