"An honest, funny, neurotic, and totally gross love child of Mindy Kaling and Mary Roach. Mara Altman's volatile and apprehensive relationship with her body has led her to wonder about a lot of stuff over the years. Like, who decided that women shouldn't have body hair? And how sweaty is too sweaty? Also, why is breast cleavage sexy but camel toe revolting? Isn't it all just cleavage? These questions and others like them have led to the comforting and sometimes smelly revelations that constitute Gross Anatomy, an essay collection about what it's like to operate the bags of meat we call our bodies."
I really like Mary Roach's books, so this book sounded interesting. And . . . I prefer Mary Roach's books. It's probably because there were topics the author covered that just weren't that interesting to me. Or, things that I never thought about too much (and maybe that's a good thing). However, I appreciate that the author questions a lot of things, especially customs that don't seem to have a basis in rational explanation (see the chapter on body hair). I liked reading this, although I found some sections to be more interesting than others.
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