It's hard to imagine a woman - or a teenage girl - who won't love this book."― The Washington Post
"Oh, did Constant Reader's heart lift after turning page the first. " Oneill uncovers the filthy, untidy, licentious conditions of nineteenth-century women's lives that novelists of the period often glossed over.brilliantly conveyed with fascinating illustrations."― Elle This book is full of awesome."― Jenny Lawson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Let's Pretend This Never Happened and Furiously Happy "Hysterically funny and unsettlingly fascinating. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. (And it just might leave you feeling ecstatically grateful to live in an age of pants, super absorbency tampons, epidurals, anti-depressants, and not-dying-of-the-syphilis-your-husband-brought-home.) Irresistibly charming, laugh-out-loud funny, and featuring nearly 200 images from Victorian publications, UNMENTIONABLE will inspire a whole new level of respect for Elizabeth Bennett, Scarlet O'Hara, Jane Eyre, and all of our great, great grandmothers. ~ How to conceal your loathsome addiction to menstruating UNMENTIONABLE is your hilarious, scandalously honest (though never crass), illustrated guide to life as a Victorian lady, offering detailed advice on:
Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era? Ladies, welcome to the 19th century, where there's arsenic in your face cream, a pot of cold pee sits under your bed, and all of your underwear is crotchless. The New York Times bestselling, "hysterically funny and unsettlingly fascinating" (Jenny Lawson) guide to the secrets of Victorian womanhood.
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