Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts By Ruth Daniell Paperback 1987915054 9781987915051 Poetry Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts At turns heartbreaking and hilarious, BOOBS is a diverse collection of stories about the burdens, expectations and pleasures of having breasts. From the agony of puberty and angst of adolescence to the anxiety of aging, these stories and poems go beyond the usual images of breasts found in fashion magazines and movie posters, instead offering dynamic and honest portraits of desire, acceptance and the desire for acceptance. Surrounded by flat chested co workers in a male dominated construction crew, a woman finds pleasure in admiring her body with the occasional glimpse in a window. A new mother in a new city overcomes a sense of isolation through her experience of breastfeeding her son. Breastfeeding plays a role in anothers story when, after identifying as gender non binary and relaxing into an ambivalent relationship to her breasts, she becomes a parent. In another story, a young woman makes the decision to undergo breast reduction surgery and appreciates a new sense of ownership and love of her body. A survivor of sexual assault shares her story of shame and healing and how she simultaneously began to recognize she has to offer the world than her body and began to really, truly love her big breasts. One writer declares that we should stand up for breasts playful and shameless as puppies. With startling and moving work from critically acclaimed writers including Lorna Crozier, Nancy Lee and Kate Braid, as well as new voices, these stories are passionate, determined, defiant and funny, and perhaps most importantly they look honestly and unflinchingly at both sadness and joy.

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Ruth Daniell is an award winning writer originally from Prince George BC who currently lives and writes in Vancouver where she teaches speech arts and writing at the Bolton Academy of Spoken Arts She is also the founder and organizer of a literary reading series called Swoon which focuses on discovering new and innovative work about love and desire She holds a BA Honours in English literature and writing from the University of Victoria and an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia Her poems and stories have appeared or are forthcoming in various journals across North America and elsewhere including Arc Poetry Magazine Grain Room Magazine Qwerty Canthius The Antigonish Review and Contemporary Verse 2. Booksonnoseart At turns heartbreaking and hilarious BOOBS is a diverse collection of stories about the burdens expectations and pleasures of having breasts From the agony of puberty and angst of adolescence to the anxiety of aging these stories and poems go beyond the usual images of breasts found in fashion magazines and movie posters instead offering dynamic and honest portraits of desire acceptance and the desire for acceptance Surrounded by flat chested co workers in a male dominated construction crew a woman finds pleasure in admiring her body with the occasional glimpse in a window A new mother in a new city overcomes a sense of isolation through her experience of breastfeeding her son Breastfeeding plays a role in another s story when after identifying as gender non binary and relaxing into an ambivalent relationship to her breasts she becomes a parent In another story a young woman makes the decision to undergo breast reduction surgery and appreciates a new sense of ownership and love of her body A survivor of sexual assault shares her story of shame and healing and how she simultaneously began to recognize she has to offer the world than her body and began to really truly love her big breasts One writer declares that we should stand up for breasts playful and shameless as puppies With startling and moving work from critically acclaimed writers including Lorna Crozier Nancy Lee and Kate Braid as well as new voices these stories are passionate determined defiant and funny and perhaps most importantly they look honestly and unflinchingly at both sadness and joy Boobs Women Explore What It Means to Have BreastsMaybe a few too many cancer stories for my liking It got old fast I was hoping for a balanced diverse range of perspectives Poetry Non Fiction memoir Fiction It was good At first it seemed like the balance of the stories were about breast cancer but me and my A cups got a healthy dose of variety after a bit from stories about size huge and tiny to objectification trigger warning to trans journeys and I prefer this type of anthology to the Chicken Soup franchise but I m pretty dark Some really touching moments some really funny ones Poetry Non Fiction memoir Fiction I just started reading this book and the two submissions by Heidi Grogan moved me to tears Especially her story Scar to Sacrament which kept me on the edge of my seat as I moved from laughter to tears and felt deeply the self doubt surrounding her decision of whether or not to have reconstructive surgery This book should be read by every woman as it displays the kaleidoscope of experience surrounding a part of our body that shapes so much of our personal identity Poetry Non Fiction memoir Fiction Sad and happy experiences Not particularly thrilled the book is titled WOMEN explore then includes a trans man and non binary individual Poetry Non Fiction memoir Fiction A poorly curated collection of stories and poems about breasts While there is a bit of diversity in the recollections this book heavily focused on breast cancer stories and other sombre tales lacking the levity its title evokes Poetry Non Fiction memoir Fiction

Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts By Ruth Daniell

1987915054

9781987915051

English

240

Paperback

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This book features many amazing stories by fellow writers It is filled with humour and heartbreak I loved reading this book and I feel honoured to be apart of it Poetry Non Fiction memoir Fiction My review of this book is completely biased having work in it myself But it is a delight Poetry Non Fiction memoir Fiction.