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Sep.28.2010 - 2:48 pm
“Normal at Any Cost” wins National Association of Science Writers Book Award
On September 13 I got the kind of phone call a writer always hopes for: The National Association of Science Writers had selected “Normal at Any Cost” as its annual national book...
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Jul.16.2010 - 8:16 am
When Doctors Fix "Different"
  Sometimes the trouble with being different is that parents and doctors want to fix you. And sometimes their good intentions backfire. A few weeks ago, I read headlines that...
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Mar.01.2010 - 5:10 pm
An essay in The Lancet
How do medical therapies launched with the best of intentions result in tragedy? My co-author, Susan Cohen, answered this question in a lengthy essay in the British medical...
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Jul.28.2009 - 2:47 pm
A rave review in the New York Times!
Writing in the New York Times today, Dr. Abigail Zuger described "Normal at Any Cost" as "irresistible" with "overtones of both "Gossip Girl"...
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Comments from Christine

Mar.31.2009 - 3:15 pm
In response to: Reading at Stanford
Stanford bookstore reading Thursday, April 2, 6 p.m.
Beginning in the late 1940s, doctors prescribed high doses of estrogen to stunt the growth of tall girls. In the late...
Feb.25.2009 - 8:56 am
In response to: Reading at Stanford
Tall girls, short boys
Hi Dennis, The practice of treating tall girls has lessened in recent years, but not died out completely in the U.S....
Feb.24.2009 - 1:38 pm
In response to: Book cover
A new review in Booklist
Susan and I have received our fourth review--in Booklist--and it's a good one! Normal at Any Cost: Tall Girls, Short...
Feb.24.2009 - 1:34 pm
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Reading at Mrs. Dalloway's
Join Susan Cohen and me at Mrs. Dalloway's bookstore on March 20 at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Dalloway's is located on College...
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About Christine

Born in San Bernardino, California and graduated from UC Berkeley. Worked as a reporter for United Press International in New York City, then returned to the Bay Area. After a stint as an editor at Parenting magazine, I turned to freelancing, specializing in...
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