John Colapinto

As Nature Made Him (eBook, ePUB)

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 medicineand 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'sand one family'samazing survival in the face of terrible odds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062278319
• Artikelnr.: 38009434

Autorenporträt

John Colapinto has written for Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Us Weekly, and Rolling Stone, where the landmark National Magazine Award-winning article that was the basis for As Nature Made Him first appeared. He is also the author of the novel About the Author. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.