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*Starred Review* In her exceptional history, science journalist Williams does more to enlighten us on the virtues of, workings of, and perils to women’s breasts than anyone ever has before, notwithstanding the efforts of the three H’s: Hooters, Hefner, and Hughes (Howard, inventor of the cantilever bra). And she does it with smarts, sass, and intent. Her book can be characterized as an exposé because it unveils the scandalously scanty amount of research devoted to those that define the very essence of the human race. To be sure, Williams covers all the cultural and anthropological information that the mostly male scientific—and not-so-scientific—community has gathered about what is euphemistically referred to as second base. And she goes much further, elucidating the primary purpose of the female breast and how breasts alter at each stage of a woman’s life, then venturing into breast enlargements, the chemistry of breast milk, how breasts are evolving, and how little we know about the effects of environmental toxins and the rise in breast cancer. Meant to nurture the next generation for life on planet earth, breasts are also humanity’s first responders to environmental changes. And what have modern-day chemical exposures wrought? The answers to this question and many more are found in Williams’ remarkably informative and compelling work of discovery. --Donna Chavez

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“Florence Williams's double-D talents as a reporter and writer lift this book high above the genre and separate it from the ranks of ordinary science writing. Breasts is illuminating, surprising, clever, important. Williams is an author to savor and look forward to.” (Mary Roach )

“Be brave, buy this book, and withstand the giggles and sniggers of your friends. For here is a wonderful history, stretching across hundreds of millions of years, of an astonishingly complex part of the human body. Williams weaves together research on nutrition, cancer, psychology, and even structural engineering to create a fascinating portrait of the breast: that singular gland that gave us, as mammals, our very name.” (Carl Zimmer, author of Parasite Rex and Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea )

“A wonderful and entertaining tour through the evolution, biology and cultural aspects of the organ that defines us as mammals!” (Susan Love, M.D., M.B.A., President of Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation )

“In her comprehensive 'environmental history' of the only human body part without its own medical specialty,…Williams focuses on the importance of understanding breasts as more than sex objects…Williams puts hard data and personal history together with humor, creating an evenhanded cautionary tale that will both amuse and appall.” (Publishers Weekly )

“Starred Review. ...exceptional history... with smarts, sass, and intent.... Meant to nurture the next generation for life on planet Earth, breasts are also humanity’s first responders to environmental changes. And what have modern-day chemical exposures wrought? The answers to this question and many more are found in Williams’ remarkably informative and compelling work of discovery.” (Booklist )

Florence Williams is a contributing editor at ‘Outside’ magazine, and her articles and essays have been widely anthologized. ‘Breasts’ was named a finalist for the 2011 Columbia/Nieman Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. Williams lives in Boulder, Colorado.

INTRODUCTION·PLANET BREAST
CHAPTER 1·FOR WHOM THE BELLS TOLL
CHAPTER 2·CIRCULAR BEGINNINGS
CHAPTER 3·PLUMBING: A PRIMER
CHAPTER 4·FILL HER UP
CHAPTER 5·TOXIC ASSETS: THE GROWING BREAST
CHAPTER 6·SHAMPOO, MACARONI, AND THE AMERICAN GIRL: SPRING COMES EARLY
CHAPTER 7·THE PREGNANCY PARADOX
CHAPTER 8·WHAT’S FOR DINNER?
CHAPTER 9·HOLY CRAP: HERMAN, HAMLET, AND THE ALL-IMPORTANT HUMAN GUT
CHAPTER 10·SOUR MILK
CHAPTER 11·AN UNFAMILIAR WILDERNESS: PERIODS, THE PILL, AND HRT
CHAPTER 12·THE FEW, THE PROUD, THE AFFLICTED: CAN MARINES SOLVE THE PUZZLE OF BREAST CANCER?
CHAPTER 13·ARE YOU DENSE? THE AGING BREAST
CHAPTER 14·THE FUTURE OF BREASTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
PERMISSION CREDITS
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