Books

Rose's Colors: A Mother's Journey
by Elizabeth Levine Wandelmaier

Rose's Colors is the inspiring, true story of how one family came to love and accept their child with multiple disabilities. Rose was born 8 weeks premature to Elizabeth, a DES daughter. Rose's cerebral palsy and other disabilities dramatically altered life for this family. Rose's Colors is the return to a challenging but good life. Elizabeth is former Co-Director of the DES Third Generation Network. To order:go to www.Xlibris.com/bookstore and click on "Search" and enter "Rose's Colors" in the title box.

 
DES Stories: Faces and Voices of People Exposed to Diethylstilbestrol
by Margaret Lee Braun with photographs by Nancy M. Stuart

DES Stories is the first book of photos and stories of DES daughters, mothers, and sons with DES history, research, and resources. In photographic portraits and interviews, DES daughters, mothers, and sons tell, in their own voice, what it's like to be DES-exposed-stories that heal as they reveal. Ordering information is available at www.DESexposure.com.

 
The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women:
Exploding the Estrogen Myth
by Barbara Seaman

For years Seaman's been warning anyone who would listen that drugs like Premarin and Prempro not only do not work - they are dangerous. Seaman's first section, "How Did All This Happen?" is a fascinating study of the history of estrogen promotion, from DES to the pill and HRT, and the growing concern among women about the safety of these drugs. The Second Section, "What Do We Know Now?" describes the aggressive marketing of findings on these drugs. Read this important new book.

 
My Year of Meats,
by Ruth Ozeki.

My Year of Meats is a wonderful, strong, disturbing, funny novel. It is at times hilarious and absurd, at times shocking and heart wrenching. Set in the early 1990's, the novel tells the story of two women, Jane and Akiko, interweaving their lives with Japanese and American culture, filmmaking, the beef industry, and DES. DES daughters will relate to Jane's fears and anger about DES, and many will recognize themselves in Jane's struggle with infertility.

Our Stolen Future: How We Are Threatening Our Fertility,
Intelligence and Survival – A Scienti (Paperback)
by Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peter Meyers

Describes the dangers done to humans and their environment by synthetic estrogens, including DES. It is considered the must-read follow up to Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.

Hormone Deception: How Everyday Foods and Products are Disrupting
Your Hormones – and How to Protect Yourself and Your Family
By D. Lindsey Berkson

The author is a DES Daughter and member of DES Action. Her book describes how to reduce exposures to damaging hormone disruptors found in American homes.

Coming to Term: Uncovering the Truth About Miscarriage
By Jon Cohen