{"product_id":"as-nature-made-him-the-boy-who-was-raised-as-a-girl-9780061120565","title":"As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"We should aspire to Colapinto's stellar journalist example: listening carefully to the circumstances of those who are different rather than demanding that they conform to our own.\" --\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe true story about the \"twins case\" and a riveting exploration of medical arrogance, misguided science, societal confusion, gender differences, and one man's ultimate triumph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. The boy's uninjured brother, raised as a boy, provided to the experiment the perfect matched control. \u003cem\u003eAs Nature Made Him\u003c\/em\u003e tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting with uncommon intelligence, insight, and compassion, John Colapinto sets the historical and medical context for the case, exposing the thirty-year-long scientific feud between Dr. John Money and his fellow sex researcher, Dr. Milton Diamond--a rivalry over the nature\/nurture debate whose very bitterness finally brought the truth to light. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Colapinto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.02h x 5.38w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061120565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColapinto, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Colapinto has written for \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair, The New Yorker, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Us Weekly, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone, \u003c\/em\u003e where the landmark National Magazine Award-winning article that was the basis for \u003cem\u003eAs Nature Made Him\u003c\/em\u003e first appeared. He is also the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110646284403,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_fad843ee-096e-4139-bccd-a413bb15b22f.jpg?v=1748983488","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/as-nature-made-him-the-boy-who-was-raised-as-a-girl-9780061120565","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}