{"product_id":"the-monster-in-me","title":"The Monster in Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when a twelve-year-old girl learns to live with extraordinary pain before she even has the words to explain it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than thirty years later, Tya finally gives that little girl a voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Monster in Me\u003c\/em\u003e is a raw, intimate and unexpectedly funny memoir of a life lived alongside endometriosis, from the first unexplained pain at twelve to finally receiving a diagnosis at forty-four.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is about more than diagnosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is about decades of coping. Adapting. Playing Superwoman. Surviving episodes that could leave her feeling almost like the walking dead, then somehow reappearing in the world with a smile, like a flower springing back after a storm, while barely acknowledging the torment her body had just endured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough growing up, relationships, teaching, motherhood, love and the ordinary absurdities of everyday life, the Monster remained. Sometimes roaring, sometimes quiet, sometimes almost convincing her that this strange version of normal really was normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting \u003cem\u003eThe Monster in Me\u003c\/em\u003e became something else entirely: a chance to stop carrying decades of experience so quietly. To let go of how it might look from the outside. To release some of the pressure accumulated through years of enduring, adjusting and carrying on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations, women learned to endure pain quietly, to adjust, to carry on and to reappear as though nothing had happened. Perhaps society is finally ready to hear us. Whether it is ready to understand us is another question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, more than thirty years after that twelve-year-old girl first met the Monster, she finally gets a voice. And the Monster finally gets his pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot because he gets the final word. Because Tya gets to tell the story... at last!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookVAULT Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":68147581288752,"sku":"9781808977466","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9781808977466.jpg?v=1792617297","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-monster-in-me","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}