Breasts : a natural and unnatural history / Florence Williams.

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2012], ©2012.

ix, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

1st ed.

Planet breast -- For whom the bells toll -- Circular beginings -- Plumbing : a primer -- Fill her up -- Toxic assets : the growing breast -- Shampoo, macaroni, and the American girl : spring comes early -- The pregnancy -- What's for dinner? -- Holy crap : Herman, Hamlet, and the all-important human gut -- Sour milk -- An unfamiliar wilderness : periods, the till, and HRT -- The few, the proud, the afflicted : can Marines solve the puzzle of breast cancer? -- Are you dense? The aging breast -- The future of breasts.

Includes bibliographical references.