The Body Farm

"The body cannot tell any lies. From birth to death, and through all the transitions in between, the body stores our knowledge and history, our feelings and experiences. Our betrayals. These ... stories shine new light on our physical vessels set against our physical world, two landscapes irretrievably connected and altered over time. These eleven stories take us into the lives and experiences of others to scrutinize the physical self: birth, childhood, transition, mental health, trauma, aging, illness, love, sex, and death"--