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Book SynopsisLonglisted for the 2023 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
A New York Times Editors' Choice
A Science Friday Best Science Book to Read This Summer
A myth-busting voyage into the female body
Trade Review"
Vagina Obscura should cause a revolution in how we think about the vagina." -- Rosamund Urwin - The Sunday Times
"This book is what we've been waiting for." -- Francesca Brown - Stylist
"This is something about our own bodies that are so often treated as mysterious and unknown when they’re not unknown. We actually know quite a bit. The topic of this book is relevant to everybody." -- Riley Black - Science Friday
"Rachel E. Gross’s mesmerizing and often humorous
Vagina Obscura vividly uncovers the scientific and popular biases that have colluded to stem our knowledge about 'down there.' Gross brilliantly investigates questions regarding sex, sexuality, and r" -- Elizabeth Reis, author of Bodies in Doubt: An American History of Intersex
