If, at a certain stage of life, you find yourself sucker-punched by a sweaty fistful of symptoms you can’t believe no one told you about, Susan Holbrook’s new book may be for you.

Steamy: A Menopause Symptomology is a comic memoir chronicling an experience half the population will face but still constrained by cultural silences and myths.

A creative writing professor, Dr. Holbrook details 45 of the ever-expanding list of things people can encounter when going through “the change of life,” from night sweats and hot flashes to individuation.

Biblioasis Bookshop will host a launch at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, offering copies for purchase.