Natural Causes - Hardcover
We tend to believe we have agency over our bodies, our minds and even our deaths. Yet emerging science challenges our assumptions of mastery: at the microscopic level, the cells in our bodies facilitate tumours and attack other cells, with life-threatening consequences. In this revelatory book, Barbara Ehrenreich argues that our bodies are a battleground over which we have little control, and lays bare the cultural charades that shield us from this knowledge. Challenging everything we think we know about life and death, she also offers hope - that we find our place in a natural world teeming with animation and endless possibility.
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Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of fifteen books, including the bestselling Smile or Die and Nickel and Dimed. She has written for Time, Harper's, the New York Times Magazine and various British newspapers including The Times and the Guardian. She lives in Virginia, USA.
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1783782412
- ISBN 13 9781783782413
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Challenging our assumptions about the control we have over our bodies, Ehrenreich presents a thought-provoking series of essays that explore our approach to longevity. Beginning at a microscopic level, with an exploration of the inescapable ?decisions? made by our cells, she sheds light on the way that cultural attitudes to ageing and mortality can stand in the way of living well. Seller Inventory # 513843
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