{"product_id":"9780349010731-fruit-of-knowledge","title":"Fruit of Knowledge","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn international bestseller, \u003ci\u003eFruit of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny, powerful and eye-opening graphic nonfiction book about the female body and our love-hate relationship with it throughout history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'How I loved reading \u003ci\u003eFruit of Knowledge . C\u003c\/i\u003elever, angry, funny and righteous, also informative to an eye-popping degree'\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Cooke, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER \u003c\/i\u003eGRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE MONTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Adam and Eve to pussy hats, people have punished, praised, pathologised and politicised vulvas, vaginas, clitorises, and menstruation. In the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eFruit of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated Swedish cartoonist Liv Strömquist traces how different cultures and traditions have shaped women's health and beyond. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer biting, informed commentary and ponytailed avatar guides the reader from the darkest chapters of history (a clitoridectomy performed on a five-year-old American child as late as 1948) to the lightest (vulvas used as architectural details as a symbol of protection). Like Alison Bechdel and Jacky Fleming, she uses the comics medium to reveal uncomfortable truths about how far we haven't come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Just the thing for all the feminists in your life' \u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003eBooks of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This book made me laugh in public (and also cry a little). It is the book I gave to my younger sister the next time I saw her because of its anger and brilliance and because it is an overwhelming source of knowledge about things we should all already know' Daisy Johnson, author of the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted \u003ci\u003eEverything Under\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There are moments of genuine hilarity, as when Strömquist pictures the dinner party chatter of men living under a matriarchy, and others of fierce anger in this wild, witty and vital book' \u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003eBooks of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31847286112353,"sku":"9780349010731","price":13.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28733197.jpg?v=1722845542","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349010731-fruit-of-knowledge","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}