{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColapinto, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\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":"Default Title","offer_id":50623082889490,"sku":"9780061120565","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6e44318b-42ee-4f8c-945e-1c45dd39602d.jpg?v=1732591339","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/as-nature-made-him-the-boy-who-was-raised-as-a-girl-9780061120565","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}