Estrogen and two fiction books

Fascinating article on estrogen and its under-studied relationship to psychosis.  In fact, estrogen seems comprehensively under-studied and under-explained. I am a conventionally well-educated Western woman and I had no idea what perimenopause was until my periods changed into the prom scene from Carrie (not the more discreet locker room scene, as previously had been the case).

William Alexander, Nomad: ( migration and those who would stop it )

Omar El Akkad, American War: ( war is hell )