Tits Up

Boobs, knockers, jugs, cans, baps, melons, puppies, fun bags, bosoms, hooters - in the English language, there are over 700 expressions for female mammary glands, the majority of which are mostly used by men. In "Tits Up," bestselling author, sociologist, and journalist Sarah Thornton asks how it is that we look at breasts so much but reflect on them so little. It was after Sarah underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery that she found herself considering how we think about breasts and what that tells us about ourselves.

Across five chapters, she encounters strippers, plastic surgeons, bra designers, modern witches, lactation experts, and donors to breast milk banks to create the ultimate biography of humanity's most culturally important body part. Surprising, sharp, tender, and true, "Tits Up" explores how women's chests shape our ideas of beauty, health, respect, self-esteem, and equality. Blending real-life accounts with sociology, history, art, and culture, and written with refreshing optimism and wit, Thornton has one overriding ambition: to liberate breasts from centuries of patriarchal prejudice.