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    <body><![CDATA[This book was pretty interesting though too chatty in style for me - a common fault of 'mass market' science books. It talks about the hormone and other neurochemical differences between women and men, nothing in it was too earth shattering and I did still have a nagging voice in the back of my head...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39512312">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Female Brain is a science book that discusses the physical and psychological aspects of the female brain. It will teach you how the female brain works, and why does it work the way it does.<br/><br/>I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and learned a lot by reading it. It contains enough...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53041046">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow! Where to begin! Julie recommended this book to me. I'd suggest all women read it; especially those going through changes in life and these can be the obvious, like menopause, to your girls going through puberty. It will definitely keep me more patient and &quot;grounded&quot; as Ellie goes thro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10552336">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is amazing.  I normally do not read books like this, but it is so worth it.  Dr Brizendine describes the various stages of the female brain, from fetus through menopause and all the changes in between.  I now find myself looking at Louisa and thinking how her brain is begging for reassuran...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18860540">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book about how intense emotions and such are a part of how the chemical make-up of the female brain, but I would've liked to have seen more about how to counteract said chemicals/hormones with herbs or nutrition. For example, I've found that a deficiency of Dopamine and Serotonin, which ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77306639">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[On what I found out about the female brain:  Dammit!  They're smarter than us.  I wish I had this book a couple years ago.  But seriously, intelligence is relevant and this book is not about that.  Instead, it's about the different ways in which both brains operate.  <br/><br/>In no way is this bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43337485">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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