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  • A Natural and Unnatural History
  • Written by: Florence Williams
  • Narrated by: Kate Reading
  • Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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Written by: Florence Williams
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Audie Award Winner, Nonfiction, 2013

Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it's sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with breast cancer, even among men. What makes breasts so mercurial - and so vulnerable?

In this informative and highly entertaining account, intrepid science reporter Florence Williams sets out to uncover the latest scientific findings from the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine. Her investigation follows the life cycle of the breast from puberty to pregnancy to menopause, taking her from a plastic surgeon's office, where she learns about the importance of cup size in Texas, to the laboratory, where she discovers the presence of environmental toxins in her own breast milk. The result is a fascinating exploration of where breasts came from, where they have ended up, and what we can do to save them.

©2012 Florence Williams (P)2012 Tantor
Women's Studies History Biological Sciences
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"[A] remarkably informative and compelling work of discovery." ( Booklist)

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Excellent - Everyones favorite subject

This is an excellent book that covers a present but little understood aspect to human experience. Everyone had a mom and breasts are intimately tied into the experience of childhood. Its very well researched. It may be a little heavy on the whole environmental pollutants towards the end, but thats a minor critique. Well worth the listening investment

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