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All Fours was this year's literary summer hit. Why does Miranda July's latest book strike a chord with so many readers - young and old? An evening about salmon-pink bedspreads, parkers and drivers, and of course perimenopause. The New York Times called Miranda July's All Fours the first great menopause novel. For her book, July spoke to dozens of women about their experiences going through menopause. She told The New Yorker Radio Hour: 'If we need stories about it, let me be the first to say it out loud. I claim menopause.' What story does Miranda July tell with her novel about a 45-year-old woman who wants to reinvent herself, starts an unlikely affair and sets up a motel room for herself?