Ann Boland

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"Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal" by Mary Roach, W. W. Norton, 2014

I listened to this book hoping it would deal somewhat with the role of the pancreas in digestion.  It did not even mention enzymes in the digestive process, only how the chewed food is moved along from tongue to final, smelly end.  Roach is an entertaining writer (science-lite).  Learned more than I ever want to know about Elvis’s bowel problems -- it’s that sort of book.