".Purkert highlights a familiar paradox of human life. We are both radically connected to, and yet disconnected from, our physical bodies. Each of us carries, inside ourselves, a dark, slimy ecosystem: the wet bags of our lungs, the spongy filters of our livers, the 100,000 miles of our veins. If we are lucky, we will never actually see this world; our job is to ride the roller coaster of consciousness, not examine the engine room. Still, it is natural to be curious about these internal objects -- to wonder what our bones look like or what our gallbladder is doing at this very moment." Read the full review here.