I kinda wanted to do a short pithy review like "I laughed, I cried, I learned something" but it was more than that. Sure, I did laugh in parts (I even LOLed), and in other places tears came to my eyes if I didn't exactly cry. And I did learn quite a bit, more about what doctors and scientists have done and are continuing to do to improve life for those of us who have "the organs traditionally bound up in baby-making" (from the back cover) than actual anatomy. This book was a wild ride through both the current and historical science of woefully and frequently ignored parts of the body as well as through the body itself, and history, and current events. There's a fine balance of fact and personal experience, only missing some nice, sciency diagrams which I agree with other readers would have been a real benefit to my full understanding.