Dr. Alexis Dunne with Angela Burk Live at Tattered Cover Aspen Grove

Primary care physician and menopause clinician Dr. Alexis Dunne is joining us on Saturday, October 10th at 3:00 PM at our Aspen Grove location for her new book: If You Give a Cat a Hot Flash: A midlife parody for women navigating the symptoms of (peri)menopause.

Registration includes the following options:

• A signed Hardcover copy of the book … OR

• A $5 Gift Card to Tattered Cover Book Store

We will have a limited supply of additional books for guests to purchase in store. Only a book ticket guarantees you a copy of the book.

This event includes an opportunity to meet the author, participate in an audience Q&A after the book talk, and get your book(s) signed and personalized. Photos with the author are welcome!

If you are unable to attend the event after purchasing a ticket, you are required to pick up your copy of the book (with proof of purchase from your event registration) within 7 days after the event date. If the book is not picked up by that date, you relinquish your copy to Tattered Cover Book Store.

ABOUT THE BOOK

A single hot flash at 3am. Then everything unravels.

If You Give a Cat a Hot Flash follows what happens when a hot flash transforms into brain fog, stray chin hairs, multiple outfit changes, forgotten plans, middle-of-the-night wakeups, and that very specific menopause rage no one warned us about. At the center of it all is Menopawsy(TM), a cat just trying to remember what she walked into the room for.

Created by primary care physician and menopause clinician Dr. Alexis Dunne, and illustrated by Carrie Trimm Drew, this story grew from what real women are finally saying out loud about menopause. It's one part laugh-out-loud relief, another part "Wait, this is exactly me" stunned realization.

And now, menopause finally has a mascot.

(A portion of proceeds supports the Turner Syndrome Foundation, which advocates for girls and women living with lifelong hormonal conditions.)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alexis Dunne is a board-certified internal medicine physician, as well as a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner who has been practicing medicine for more than 20 years. Her interest in midlife women’s health began as she aged along with her patients, listening to their stories and realizing just how many women were navigating the same symptoms, questions, and frustrations. She runs a virtual menopause clinic in addition to her primary care clinic.

Alexis is also the author of If You Give a Cat a Hot Flash, a humorous look at (peri)menopause through the eyes of one very overheated cat.

She’s a remarried widow, mother of three children, stepmother to three more, and considers herself a “functional hot mess.” On social media as @dunnewithmenopause, she tries to provide a place for midlife commiseration as well as (peri)menopause education. She enjoys quiet time, hiking and spending time with her children (when they are in a good mood). 

ABOUT THE CONVERSATION PARTNER

ANGELA BURK is an award-winning high-tech Marketing Leader, Author, and the voice behind Real Girls Guide to Midlife, a community reshaping how women step into midlife with radical self-possession. After three decades scaling companies from scrappy pre-IPO startups to global Fortune 500 giants, she left the C-suite to focus on consulting, writing, and telling the truth about what it really means to live on your own terms.

Her Substack and this book blend personal stories with hard-won insight and expert guidance, delivering real talk, sharp observations, and a voice women can relate to immediately.

Angela divides her time between the San Francisco Bay Area and Australia and is a mom to three boys and a stepmom to four more kids.