MY LITTLE RED BOOK is an anthology of first menstruation stories from women and girls of all ages, races, faiths and cultural backgrounds. Collected overfour years the diverse stories range from the light-hearted to the heart-stopping and is the first book to use women"s own words to both demystify and celebrate this universal female rite of passgae at the same. Contributors include Gloria Steinem (her classic essay "If Men Could Menstruate"), Joyce Maynard, Maxine Kumin, Tonya Hurley, Patty Marx, Megan McCafferty, Tamora Pearce, Cecily von Ziegesar, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Jennifer Baumgardner and Sara Hickman, among others.