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  • Tits Up

  • What Our Beliefs about Breasts Reveal about Life, Love, Sex and Society
  • By: Sarah Thornton
  • Narrated by: Sarah Thornton
  • Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins

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Tits Up

By: Sarah Thornton
Narrated by: Sarah Thornton
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Read by the author, Sarah Thornton.

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 is it 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.

©2024 Sarah Thornton (P)2024 Macmillan Publishers International Limited
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