Do you know how infinitely badass Mantel is? After living years under the doctor’s misdiagnoses of depression, Mantel finally (correctly) diagnosed herself by researching in a Botswana university library. She had endometriosis, and when she finally discovered this, the damage was irreparable; she could never have children and radical surgery was needed to remove all her reproductive organs and several lengths of intestine.

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