红色地带：一个爱情故事

这是一本关于血液和爱情的探索性、激动人心的回忆录：从这位深受喜爱的散文家和《女性》作者那里，她如何更多地了解自己的经期、经前综合症、PMDD以及激素对情绪的影响，从而将她的关系转变为新伴侣、家庭、非血缘亲属和自己的身体
克洛伊·考德威尔的经期经常感到不方便、不舒服，甚至痛苦。只有在她三十多岁的时候，当她爱上了音乐家、单身父亲托尼时，它对她的情绪的影响才开始主导她的生活。在她新恋情的强度和严肃性的刺激下，这让她震惊：她焦虑和愤怒的爆发与她的荷尔蒙周期相匹配。
克洛伊迫不及待地想了解发生在她身上的事情的真相，她记录了同龄人和家人对月经的态度，阅读了有关经前综合症的Reddit帖子，参加了一个名为“打破周期”的会议，并了解了经前烦躁障碍PMDD，这有助于她说出自己所经历的事情。对克洛伊来说，治愈并不是找到单一的治疗方法。这意味着反思她生活中的基本模式：她对自己的同性恋身份的感受，以及在异性关系的背景下塑造人物形象；她父母的离婚如何导致了她的信任问题；以及融合家庭意味着什么。
《红色地带》是一本坦率的、具有启示性的回忆录，任何人都要面对各种有争议的医学诊断和标签。这是要接受这样一个事实：除了适当的治疗，自我接纳、自我同情和超越羞耻感是解脱的终极关键。它也与爱有关：它有多大的挑战性，它如何揭示你的弱点和伤口，如果你允许它，它将如何推动你成长和改变。
The Red Zone: A Love Story
A searching, galvanizing memoir about blood and love: how learning more about her period, PMS, PMDD, and the effects of hormones on moods transformed her relationships—to a new partner, to family, to non-blood kin, and to her own body—from the beloved essayist and author of Women
Chloe Caldwell’s period has often felt inconvenient, uncomfortable, or even painful. It’s only once she’s in her thirties, as she’s falling in love with Tony, a musician and single dad, that its effects on her mood start to dominate her life. Spurred by the intensity and seriousness of her new relationship, it strikes her: her outbursts of anxiety and rage match her hormonal cycle.
Compelled to understand the truth of what’s happening to her, Chloe documents attitudes toward menstruation among her peers and family, reads Reddit threads about PMS, attends a conference called Break the Cycle, and learns about premenstrual dysphoric disorder, PMDD, which helps her name what she’s been going through. For Chloe, healing isn’t about finding a single cure. It means reflecting on underlying patterns in her life: her feelings about her queer identity and writing persona in the context of a heterosexual relationship; how her parents’ divorce contributed to her issues with trust; and what it means to blend a family.
The Red Zone is a candid, revelatory memoir for anyone grappling with controversial medical diagnoses and labels of all kinds. It’s about coming to terms with the fact that—along with proper treatment—self-acceptance, self-compassion, and transcending shame are the ultimate keys to relief. It’s also about love: how challenging it can be, how it reveals your weaknesses and wounds, and how, if you allow it, it will push you to grow and change.

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