Genie : An Abused Child's Flight from Silence
By Russ RymerA tragic tale of obsession, exploitation, and lost souls. And the questions Rymer poses about human experience and experiments on humans make the story both intellectually absorbing and emotionally disturbing. Genie is a wondrous feat of storytelling and investigative journalism, compulsively readable while forcing us to think hard about our own humanity. --Amy Tan, New York Times bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club
The compelling story of a young woman's emergence into the world after spending her first 13 years strapped to a chair in a closed room, and her rescue and exploitation by scientists hoping to gain new insight into language acquisition.
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- Paperback
- 240 pages
- English
- 0060924659
- 9780060924652
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