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"Pediatricians say you should but it's okay if you don't. The hospital says, ""Breast is best,"" but sends you home with formula ""just in case."" Your sister-in-law says, ""Of course you should!"" Your mother says, ""I didn't, and you turned out just fine."" Celebrities are photographed nursing in public, yet breastfeeding mothers are asked to cover up in malls and on airplanes. Breastfeeding is a private act, yet everyone has an opinion about it. How did feeding our babies get so complicated? Journalist and infant health advocate Kimberly Seals Allers breaks breastfeeding out of the realm of ""personal choice"" and shows our broader connection to an industrialized food system that begins at birth, the fallout of feminist ideals, and the federal policies that are far from family friendly. The Big Letdown uncovers the multibillion-dollar forces battling to replace mothers' milk and the failure of the medical establishment to protect infant health. Weaving together research and personal stories with original reporting on medicine, big pharma, and hospitals, Kimberly Seals Allers shows how mothers and babies have been abandoned by all the forces that should be supporting families from the start--and what we can do to help."

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Kimberly Seals Allers is an award-winning journalist, and leading breastfeeding commentator. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, CNN.com, Ladies Home Journal, the New York Daily News, Real Simple, Fortune, Pregnancy, and many others. She has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Anderson Cooper, Fox News, The Huckabee Show, and NPR. Kimberly worked at Fortune, Essence, New York Post, and The Times (of London), before turning to freelance work. She is the author of the Mocha Manual(R) series of books and the coauthor of Giving Notice: Why the Best and Brightest are Leaving the Workplace. A professional singer, dancer, and actor, Carmen Jewel Jones has voiced commercial and industrial projects as well as numerous audiobooks. Her versatile voice brings to life characters in many genres of fiction. Carmen Jewel holds a BFA in theater arts from the University of Texas at Arlington.

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