My Broken Vagina

Name: My Broken Vagina
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781529347685
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One Woman's Quest to Fix Her Sex Life, and Yours

By Fran Bushe

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Summary

My Broken Vagina is award-winning writer Fran Bushe's candid and often humorous exploration of her personal struggles with painful sex—a reality faced by half of all women. Through her journey, marked by frustrating advice and unhelpful platitudes, Fran combines her own diary entries, expert insights, and honest interviews to challenge the stigma and silence surrounding vaginal pain. The book offers self-care exercises and a compassionate narrative aimed at empowering those who feel unheard or gaslit by their own bodies.
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Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

This book is ideal for people experiencing painful sex, those seeking relatable and humorous perspectives on women's sexual health, and readers interested in candid, empowering stories. It also serves as a valuable resource for healthcare professionals and anyone wanting to better understand this common yet overlooked issue.

A candid and hilarious conversation about what happens when sex doesn't feel like it's working

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This book is one woman's funny, moving, and sometimes awkward quest to fix her sex life, but it's the story of millions of women everywhere—half of all women have felt pain during sex.

During award-winning writer and performer Fran Bushe's journey towards building a better relationship with her genitals, doctors advised her to have a glass of wine to loosen up, and male friends suggested she simply hadn't tried the right penis yet. Unsurprisingly, neither worked.

After a visit to Sex Camp and many attempts to fix her broken vagina, Fran decided to share her own hilarious, excruciating, and sometimes upsetting experiences. With the help of her 16-year-old self's diary, expert advice, candid and enlightening interviews with others about sex, and some self-care exercises, Fran sets about trying to make herself, and other people, feel like they're not being gaslit by their own vaginas.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

My Broken Vagina has been praised as hilarious, poignant, and necessary. Reviewers highlight its bold, insightful, and warm approach to a topic many avoid, noting it opens vital conversations about sexual health. Described as comforting and inclusive, the book resonates with anyone seeking an honest and humorous discussion about vaginal pain and sex.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529347685

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 April 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Coronet Books

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 22.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 192g

Pages: 272

Collections

Biography & Memoir Fran Bushe Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development Women's Health

About the Author

Fran Bushe is an award-winning comedian, writer and performer. She has had sold-out runs and a UK tour of her multi-award winning show Ad Libido, and wrote The Diary of My Broken Vagina for Channel 4 Comedy in 2019. She has written sketches for Comedy Central and her play Alive Day is published in 20 Short Plays with Big Roles for Women. Fran has spent years 'boning up' on sex. She has spoken with leading researchers, pleasure coaches and interviewed a growing number of people about their sexual experiences. It has also meant flustering many helpful members of staff at The British Library, with endless requests for books on the clitoris. She's popped crystals in her vagina, attended a vulva massage workshop and visited a sex camp where she had her 'Yoni' (...vagina) worshipped. Her candid approach to discussing sex and pleasure has led to her speaking with BBC Woman's Hour, Cosmopolitan and Jameela Jamil's 'I Weigh'. In 2018 she won Performer of the Year at the Sexual Freedom Awards (the statuette of which is a large golden winged phallus, which lives on her parents' mantlepiece).