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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsAs Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girlby John Colapinto
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Publisher Comments:In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine — and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's — and one family's — amazing survival in the face of terrible odds.
Review:"Riveting, cleanly written, and brilliantly researched." Natalie Angier, New York Times Book Review
Review:"Colapinto's storytelling, taut and emotive, never plays the grim tale for its sideshow qualities, nor claims the last word on nature versus nurture." Kirkus Reviews
Review:"John Colapinto debunks Money's version of Brenda's childhood in his fascinating, exhaustively researched As Nature Made Him....The result is a detailed and riveting account." Seattle Post Intelligencer
Review:"[A]n arresting and invaluable narrative of personal tragedy, scientific arrogance, and societal confusion over the source and significance of gender differences." Booklist
Review:"Harrowing and enthralling, As Nature Made Him makes a convincing case that gender has less to do with the signals we send and receive from the world than with ineradicable messages encoded in every cell of our brains and bodies." Elle
About the AuthorJohn Colapinto's articles have appeared in Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Us, and Rolling Stone. As Nature Made Him is based on a landmark article published in Rolling Stone,that won the National Magazine Award. John Colapinto lives in New York City with his wife and son. He is at work on a novel.
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