Tom answers “Could I read this to my seven year old?...”

Laura asked this question about The Body: A Guide for Occupants:

Could I read this to my seven year old? She loves all things anatomy... More worried about "appropriate" rather than the reading level..

Tom I think most of the book would be great but it might be a good idea to go passage by passage. Some of the stories of medical science and the way we go…moreI think most of the book would be great but it might be a good idea to go passage by passage. Some of the stories of medical science and the way we got here are eye-opening to say the least! The book deals with some potentially disturbing topics: pain, death, birth, open wounds, the microbiome, wholesale lobotomies... (less)

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