A Boobasquo;s Life explores the surprising truth about womentsquo;s most popular body part with vulnerable, witty frankness and true nuggets of American culture that will resonate with everyone who has breastsedash;or loves them.
Author Leslie Lehr wants to talk about boobs. She squo;s gone from size AA to DDD and everything between, from puberty to motherhood, enhancement to cancer, and beyond. And she squo;s not alonesdash;these are classic life stages for women today.
At turns funny and heartbreaking, A Boobfsquo;s Life explores both the joys and hazards inherent to living in a woman squo;s body. Lehr deftly blends her personal narrative with national history, starting in the 1960s with the womenesquo;s liberation movement and moving to the current feminist dialogue and what it means to be a woman. Her insightful and clever writing analyzes how Americaksquo;s obsession with the female form has affected her own lifepsquo;s journey and the psyche of all women today.
From her prize-winning fiction to her viral New York Times Modern Love essay, exploring the challenges facing contemporary women has been Lehrtsquo;s life-long passion. A Boobasquo;s Life, her first project since breast cancer treatment, continues this mission, taking readers on a wildly informative, deeply personal, and utterly relatable journey. No matter your gender, you squo;ll never view this sexy and sacred body part the same way again.