Based on the author's controversial documentary that aired on Cinemax, this book breaks taboos, shatters myths, and pays homage to the female breast. In a narrative that is uncompromising and authentic, Spadola explores previously uncharted emotional and sociological territory. Photos throughout.
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"I believe that every woman has a breast story," says Meema Spadola, who has spun that assertion into a much-praised documentary on the subject and, subsequently, a book called Breasts. Between its colorful covers is an epic saga of pleasure, power, affection, woe, consternation, fear, anticipation, and ready-or-not metamorphosis shared by females age 2 to 90. Because breasts are a hard-to-conceal badge of womanhood, 9-year-old Ali finds that her new curves "shoved her out of the world of childhood and into puberty." How those around a girl treat this change makes a huge difference to self-esteem. "Tie those things down, you might poke somebody's eye out," a mother kids her 13-year-old daughter. Others recall being teased much less kindly within their families for developing too fast or not fast enough, and dodging catcalls and far worse from strangers who suddenly felt free to comment on their bodies.
Leaping beyond the angst of puberty and adolescence, Spadola thoughtfully probes into how women feel about their breasts--whether natural, enhanced, or downsized by surgery--in relation to work, love, baby nurturing, aging, cancer, sex, and friendship. "Breasts are aggressive," says one woman. "Men feel compelled to look at them, so sometimes I feel like it's rude to other women to show too much breast." Whether indulgent or insightful, Breasts delivers on its promise to reveal what women really feel and how their self-images help shape the course of their lives. --Francesca Coltrera
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...Spadola effectively opens up dialogue about this subject and lavishes extremely serious attention upon the way women feel about this body part. -- San Francisco Metropolitan
...The Breast Bible. It offers hard facts, wise rumination and candid dish on topics ranging from first bras and mother's milk to the sag factor and mastoconcupiscence-"a strong sexual desire for breasts" (a plus or a minus, depending on our mood, who's asking, etc.). -- The New York Daily News
...a collective breast exam analyzing "our most public private parts." -- New York Magazine
...both poignant and funny, and always insightful, offering an intimate view of why something like breast cancer is more than a terrible disease. -- the Pasadena Star News
...offers serious discussions with dozens of women and girls about "our most public private parts," and how their feelings about them have impacted their lives. -- The Chicago Tribune
...readers are rewarded with stories about Kleenex-stuffed brassierres, plastic surgery blunders, breast-feeding breakthroughs, sexual practices, the agony of late bloomers and the joy of Wonderbra. -- USA Today
...the stories girls and women are willing to share with Spadola are remarkable in their intimacy. -- ForeWord Magazine
...this book shatters myths and pays homage to the power of the almighty breast. -- The Leader Post, Regina SK
Anyone who is in possession of breasts will take the book very seriously; with humor and dignity, Spadola has managed to weave a plethora of voices and experiences into a graceful and very telling whole...Breasts is full of anecdotes and emotions that any woman will recognize. -- The Los Angeles Times
Finally, someone had the moxie to write a book about everything you ever wanted to know about breasts and do it honestly and seriously. -- Moxie girl Magazine
...The Breast Bible. It offers hard facts, wise rumination and candid dish on topics ranging from first bras and mother's milk to the sag factor and mastoconcupiscence-"a strong sexual desire for breasts" (a plus or a minus, depending on our mood, who's asking, etc.). -- The New York Daily News
...a collective breast exam analyzing "our most public private parts." -- New York Magazine
...both poignant and funny, and always insightful, offering an intimate view of why something like breast cancer is more than a terrible disease. -- the Pasadena Star News
...offers serious discussions with dozens of women and girls about "our most public private parts," and how their feelings about them have impacted their lives. -- The Chicago Tribune
...readers are rewarded with stories about Kleenex-stuffed brassierres, plastic surgery blunders, breast-feeding breakthroughs, sexual practices, the agony of late bloomers and the joy of Wonderbra. -- USA Today
...the stories girls and women are willing to share with Spadola are remarkable in their intimacy. -- ForeWord Magazine
...this book shatters myths and pays homage to the power of the almighty breast. -- The Leader Post, Regina SK
Anyone who is in possession of breasts will take the book very seriously; with humor and dignity, Spadola has managed to weave a plethora of voices and experiences into a graceful and very telling whole...Breasts is full of anecdotes and emotions that any woman will recognize. -- The Los Angeles Times
Finally, someone had the moxie to write a book about everything you ever wanted to know about breasts and do it honestly and seriously. -- Moxie girl Magazine
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Completely engaging!,
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This review is from: Breasts: Our Most Public Private Parts (Paperback)
This book was awesome! I know all my friend's first kiss, birthdays, but not their breast stories. This book encourages reader's to think about and discuss with their friends how their breasts - from development on - have affected them - other's reactions to them. It was funny, insightful, what you come away with is that the "perfect breasts" we've been fantasizing about since childhood - nobody has them. Tell your breast stories!!
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Therapeutic,
By A Customer
This review is from: Breasts: Our Most Public Private Parts (Paperback)
I got this book to develop a conscious awareness of our culture's unconscious attitudes about breasts, and the effect this has on women.Maybe I have an unusual viewpoint: a man from a sexually repressed family with lots of double standards. I sometimes objectified women, or tried to view them as asexual. Either way it creates a warped relationship. This book is helping me to develop a new attitude toward breasts and the women who bear them.
4 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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I love my boobs now that I read this,
By A Customer
This review is from: Breasts: Our Most Public Private Parts (Paperback)
I love my boobs but they are barely a B cup so I am getting ready to have some implants. I hope they turn out. I really am glad I read this, It inspired me. t.m.
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