Unlatched
Jennifer Grayson
2016
Journalist Jennifer Grayson embarks on a personal and investigative journey to understand the decline of breastfeeding in modern society. Weaving memoir, science, history, and interviews, Unlatched explores how breastfeeding became controversial, how formula became normalized, and what’s been lost in the process — biologically, culturally, and emotionally.
Why It’s Included:
Unlatched offers a powerful, compassionate, and nuanced look at the cultural forces that shape infant feeding decisions. It challenges the commercialization of baby feeding, highlights the emotional cost of disconnection, and strongly supports natural-term breastfeeding, all in a highly readable narrative style.
Who It’s For:
Ideal for parents, breastfeeding supporters, and those new to infant feeding advocacy. Especially helpful for readers who appreciate storytelling as a vehicle for social commentary and personal reflection.
“In a world where promoting breastfeeding can be seen as attacking those or believe they cannot, we need books like this which explore exactly how we came to be in this situation. The answer is mostly not about the ability of individual mothers to successfully breastfeed their child - of course it is about the marketing power of the articifical milk formula brands over the past century to gradually erode confidence and trust in the natural lactation process. A thoughtful and thought-provoking read.”
Further Reading:
The Politics of Breastfeeding – Gabrielle Palmer
Out of Milk – Emily Barrett
