false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169603250m/41379.jpg 41379 14 Once you begin reading <I>As Nature Made Him</I>, a mesmerizing story of a medical tragedy and its traumatic results, you absolutely won't want to put it down. Following a botched circumcision, a family is convinced to raise their infant son, Bruce, as a girl. They rename the child Brenda and spend the next 14 years trying to transform him into a her. Brenda's childhood reads as one filled with anxiety and loneliness, and her fear and confusion are present on nearly every page concerning her early childhood. Much of her pain is caused by Dr. Money, who is presented as a villainous medical man attempting to coerce an unwilling child to submit to numerous unpleasant treatments.<p> Reading over interviews and reports of decisions made by this doctor, it's difficult to contain anger at the widespread results of his insistence that natural-born gender can be altered with little more than willpower and hormone treatments. The attempts of his parents, twin brother, and extended family to assist Brenda to be happily female are touching--the sense is overwhelmingly of a family wanting to do "right" while being terribly mislead as to what "right" is for her. As Brenda makes the decision to live life as a male (at age 14), she takes the name David and begins the process of reversing the effects of estrogen treatments. David's ultimately successful life--a solid marriage, honest and close family relationships, and his bravery in making his childhood public--bring an uplifting end to his story. Equally fascinating is the latest segment of the longtime nature/nurture controversy, and the interviews of various psychological researchers and practitioners form a larger framework around David's struggle to live as the gender he was meant to be. <I>--Jill Lightner</I> 40954 2000 As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl total:1072|5:12|4:16|3:13|2:7|1:0| 1072 4150 1628 208 4 5 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Dec 19 07:24:24 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 07:26:39 -0800 2007
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The ego of Dr. Joh...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 09:53:26 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 09:53:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:01:47 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:24:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 09:51:05 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 09:51:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Apr 27 18:44:37 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 18:52:17 -0700 2009 it was written very scientifically and included the opinions of many doctors and psychologists, but nevertheless, was still written in a way that wasnt so boring because there was a story behind it. it included alot of freudism and opinions o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 16:47:22 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 08:19:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 10 07:41:49 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 07:41:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 05:54:35 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 17:37:00 -0700 2007 some of the medical info is a little dry
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The book's structure breaks down at points. It's meant to be chronologica...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Nov 09 08:50:04 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 08:50:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 12:36:58 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 18:21:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=41379