"As I was half-way through this book, I saw a trailer for a soon to be released documentary by Shadowline Films, entitled 'It’s a Girl,' which explores the subject of female gendercide. At one point in the trailer, an Indian woman smiles as she admits to strangling eight female infants immediately after she bore them, because they were girls. While horrific, this documentary and Hvistendahl’s book are encouraging evidence that this issue is at least beginning to garner the attention it deserves."

Read more: Joseph A. Kohm, Jr., On the Square, First Things