UNNATURAL SELECTION Choosing Boys Over Girls and the Consequences of a World Full of Men

This is an important book for a wide audience about the current prevalence of male sex selection in nations across Asia and southern parts of Eastern Europe. The discussion also examines the complicity of the industrialized world’s family-planning efforts in the development of the culture of sex selection and some of the potential negative consequences of this trend. Hvistendah crisscrosses the globe, witnessing paint-pellet battles among bachelors in Chinese parks, interviewing Albanian family-planning officials, and confronting Paul Ehrlich, author of THE POPULATION BOMB. Tamara Marston’s soothing alto delivers the facts and figures with clarity and precision. She is always calm, even when Hvistendah may not be. Her pace is measured, and her pronunciation is excellent. F.C. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2012]