by Leah Hazard
The womb is the most miraculous organ in the body—with the power to bring life or cause death; to yield joy or pain—yet most of us know almost nothing about it.
In this book, Leah Hazard sets out on a journey to explore the rich past, complex present and dynamic future of the uterus. She speaks to the Californian doctor who believes women deserve a period-free life; walks in the footsteps of the Scottish woman whose Caesarean section changed childbirth for ever; uncovers America’s long history of forced and coercive sterilisation; observes uterine transplant surgery in Sweden; and takes a very personal dive into the world of ‘womb wellness’.
Written with wisdom, warmth and nuance, and combining the author’s years of experience as a midwife with medical history, scientific discovery and journalistic inquiry, Womb is an extraordinary exploration of a woefully under-researched and misunderstood organ.
Above all, the book reveals that the uterus is more than the sum of its biological parts: it influences all our lives in the twenty-first century, and how we celebrate, medicate and legislate the womb might yet control where we go from here.
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