A Bloody Scandal by Evelyn Scott

A Bloody Scandal by Evelyn Scott

'Moving, furious and full of hope' ELINOR CLEGHORN 'Superbly written' DR. LOUISE NEWSON 'Validating and empowering' ABBY NORMAN 'Heroic' KAREN HAVELIN

Throughout their lives, women are taught that it is normal to live in pain. In this urgent investigation into medical misogyny, Evelyn Scott fiercely refutes that myth.

Evelyn was just a teenager when she first began suffering with the symptoms of endometriosis – a reproductive condition that affects one in ten women. For fifteen years, she endured constant, agonising pain. Where she was desperate for clarity and support from medical practitioners, she was instead met with cold dismissals of hysteria and irresponsible misdiagnoses. Her pain left her completely isolated – until sharing her story revealed to her that countless other women were suffering the same fate.

A Bloody Scandal is a personal and shocking account of this gynaecological neglect. Weaving her own experiences with those of women from all across the globe, Evelyn examines the medical, political and educational failures that are causing preventable harm to women with reproductive conditions everywhere. Unflinchingly honest, this book is both a forceful reckoning with broken systems around the world and an urgent call for empathy-led care. Above all, it is a bold, compassionate show of solidarity with the women whose bodies are still being failed today.

Evelyn Scott is a Surrey-based academic with degrees from Royal Holloway and University College London, who originally qualified as a Classical and Forensic Archaeologist. Evelyn suffers from severe endometriosis, and shares her journey on social media, where she created an empowering and supportive network of many tens of thousands of women. She has written for national publications about her experiences, including Stylist, The Times and the Metro, and has appeared on various news outlets advocating for women with endometriosis and other chronic conditions. A Bloody Scandal is her first book.

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ISBN 13	9780008761349
ISBN 10	0008761345
Title	A Bloody Scandal
Author	Scott Evelyn
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Fourth Estate
Year published	2026-05-07
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