
A Bloody Scandal
$27.99
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
‘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 fiftee…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780008761356 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0008761353 |
| Author: | Evelyn Scott |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Imprint: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 135mm x 216mm |

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Critics Review
‘A powerful and revelatory call-to-arms for compassionate and empathetic health care for all women. Evelyn Scott is an informed and passionate advocate for those affected by medical neglect and diagnostic inequity, and A Bloody Scandal is a change-making book; moving, furious and full of hope’ Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women
‘Superbly written’ Dr. Louise Newson, #1 Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Power of Hormones
‘A Bloody Scandal is an empathetic, thoughtfully researched book that will validate and empower those who know the pain it dissects, and be an invigorating call to action for those who don’t. Evelyn’s deeply personal story has global impact’ Abby Norman, author of Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women’s Pain
‘A Bloody Scandal is an unsettlingly apt title for this harrowing record of the ways women are failed by healthcare. With heroic effort, Evelyn Scott has synthesized an enormous amount of information and examines it with a clear eye so we can see the whole picture, one that calls us to immediate action’ Karen Havelin, author of Please Read This Leaflet Carefully
Evelyn Scott
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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