Today I'm sharing the best book I read in January.
Of the 8 books I read this month, I had two 5-star reads:
Blood, Marriage, Wine, & Glitter by S. Bear Bergman
The Turnaway Study: Ten Years, a Thousand Women, and the Consequences of Having—or Being Denied—an Abortion by Diana Greene Foster
I loooooved Bergman's book, and I'd highly recommend it to other queer folks, but I'm choosing the one I think
everyone should read for my Best of the Bunch!
The Turnaway Study is a tremendous accomplishment for multiple reasons. First of all, the study design is brilliant. Foster has tried to resolve many of the objections to previous statistics around abortion by studying women who all sought abortions around the same gestational period, some of whom were denied an abortion and some of whom were allowed to proceed with getting one, based on legal restrictions or medical determinations. The book is incredibly readable for what is essentially a report on dozens and dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles of research done using this data set. And I was impressed that, while Foster is clearly in favor of pregnant people being able to make their own decisions about their pregnancies, she didn't cherry-pick the findings that were included in the book. I would highly recommend this book for all adults, but especially those who live in places like the United States where abortion is highly contested and policies are inconsistent across time and place. It's comprehensive, readable, and also just good for filling in the gaps about why people seek abortion and what circumstances make seeking an abortion more likely.
What is the best book you read this month? Let me know in comments, or write your own post and link up below!
Looking back:
One year ago I was reading:
Usborne Fifth Book of Puzzle Adventures,
Parable of the Sower, and
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
Five years ago I was reading:
How to Be Ace,
Red at the Bone,
Listen,
Dinosaurs Before Dark, and
Socks
Ten years ago I was reading:
Lonesome Dove,
Emotional Vampires,
The Girl on the Train, and
Dancing with God
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