A review by sarajean37
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig

3.0

Although this book contains important information, there are likely better written books on the subject. This is clearly a mass-market nonfiction book. The story is often jarringly nonlinear. On more than one occasion, a new chapter catapults the reader back three decades in time with only the thinnest of cords connecting the end of the previous chapter with the beginning of the next. Other cultural or scientific phenomena are suggested but never fully explained, such as the possible impact of thalidomide on the Pill trials. Likewise, the beginning of stories are told in great detail while leaving the end nebulous (such as the Puerto Rico trials). This is a good introduction for someone who wants a story about hormonal birth control and the people who made it possible, but please do not mistake it for a scholarly work and be ready to look around for Paul Harvey to give you the rest of the story.