As Nature Made Him

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• As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl By John Colapinto

  A May Day heyday for listenersIt all began with a medical mistake, compounded exponentially, making the life of a child bewildering at best and an unendurable hell at worst. And it's all compellingly documented for the first time in As Nature Made Hi ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Wed, 15 Sep 2010

• As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

  by John Colapinto In the stories of the Brothers Grimm, children are cautioned not to stray into the forest, lest they be gobbled up by wolves or transformed by witches. As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl begins in a very different ... (read full critics)

  quillandquire published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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  Unbelievable!

  If you haven't read this one, I would suggest it. As a parent I am not sure how I would have reacted in this situation, but would hope that it would be slightly different - this proves doctors are not always right. Heart breaking but still a wonderful read.

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  Amateur de Livre said on Oct 14, 2007 | Add your feedback

• While this is a fascinating book, I would have enjoyed hearing it told more from John's perspective. There was too much medical information for me. I understand that it was important to explain in some detail how the injury came about, as well as what technology was capable of at the time, however, ... (continue)

  While this is a fascinating book, I would have enjoyed hearing it told more from John's perspective. There was too much medical information for me. I understand that it was important to explain in some detail how the injury came about, as well as what technology was capable of at the time, however, I feel it went a little too into those details and not enough into how John must have been feeling.

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  Angie said on Nov 15, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 279 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0002000474
• ISBN-13: 9780002000475
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Pub date: Jan 01, 2000
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio Cassette and Others

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