The Silent Passage menopause Author:Gail Sheehy When Sheehy, author of the classic "Passages" and "The Man Who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. Gorbachev", wrote about her personal experience with menopause in the October 1991 issue of Vanity Fair , the response from readers was overwhelming and compelled her to expand the article into this surprisingly slim book. Interviewing over ... more »100 women in various stages of menopause and 75 experts, she examines the medical, psychological, and social aspects of this "silent passage." A biological change that spans five to seven years, this "second adulthood," according to Sheehy, has three stages: perimenopause, menopause, and coalescence.« less