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Vagina Obscura

W. W. Norton & Company
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The story

Science journalist Rachel Gross takes readers on a tour of the female body that medicine spent centuries overlooking — the clitoris, the ovaries, the vaginal microbiome — and the researchers now finally mapping them. Part history, part reportage, it's a fascinating account of how much of women's anatomy went unstudied, and how that's beginning to change. Gross writes with curiosity and narrative drive, making cutting-edge science genuinely absorbing. Best for readers who love a good science story and want to understand the body through the lens of discovery, not just health advice. An eye-opening read about how much there still is to learn.

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