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(More customer reviews)This is one of those books that I am considering buying for every woman I know: young, old, of all creeds, races, and religions.... even after completing it I am STILL floored by its appropriate, humorous, scientific,lyrical, and profound words. It is empowering without any negativism. There is not a shread of male-bashing in this work of art. Natalie Angieris a science writer for the New York Times and her work is infused withjust enough science to make all the fascinating issues she coverscomprehensible to any and everyone who reads this book. She covers thefemale body like no one ever has, and I don't just mean the chapters onbreasts, the uterus, and the ovaries, but the hormones, the menstrualcycles, nursing babies, menopause, exercise, chemistry, and the psychologyof being a woman. I wish so much that this amazing piece of work had beenaround when I was 18 and wondering what the hell was WRONG with me! (nothing. apparently. But who can tell an 18 year old anything.... maybeif I could have read it.....). Angiers carefully weaves together themyths, the legends, the cultures, and even the misogyny from where we ALLcome and gracefully and humorously meshes them with the studies, thesciences, the theories and the facts, and gives the reader an entire bodyof work on all of the issues about ourselves we are curious about. It isbook that teaches you something fascinating about how and why you are andwork and play and love. One of the themes that surrepticiously repeats inthis book is the completely normal, completely natural, "you are SO ok- it's laughable to think otherwise" theme. Women are complex andcomplicated creatures and we owe that to this magnificent temple called thebody and we now have all the evidence and joy in this book to know that.
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