As a lefty, I was intrigued by this book (anyone remember "The Simpsons" episode where Flanders opens his southpaw store "The Leftorium"?) and all things southpaw. This was an interesting read, but it did get cumbersome at times in the middle, when Wolman dove right into the inner workings of the brain and got a little too scientific.

There are a lot of misconceptions about handedness. One is that those who use both hands are ambidextrous. That isn't entirely true. A more accurate way to describe those people would be "mixed-handedness." A true ambidextrous person uses both hands with EQUAL ability. Then there's the whole part about being a strong left. It can get a bit confusing.

"Whereas early humans who smelled like saber-tooth tiger bait would have been selected out of the population, lefties, as far as anyone can tell, have been stubbornly present in human history, suggesting Southpaws are here for a reason," Wolman writes.