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Golden Boy

door Abigail Tarttelin

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"The Walker family is good at keeping secrets from the world. They are even better at keeping them from each other. Max Walker is a golden boy. Attractive, intelligent, and athletic, he's the perfect son, the perfect friend, and the perfect crush for the girls in his school. He's even really nice to his little brother. Karen, Max's mother, is a highly successful criminal lawyer, determined to maintain the fac̦ade of effortless excellence she has constructed through the years. Now that the boys are getting older, now that she won't have as much control, she worries that the fac̦ade might soon begin to crumble. Adding to the tension, her husband, Steve, has chosen this moment to stand for election to Parliament. The spotlight of the media is about to encircle their lives. The Walkers are hiding something, you see. Max is special. Max is different. Max is intersex. When an enigmatic childhood friend named Hunter steps out of his past and abuses his trust in the worst possible way, Max is forced to consider the nature of his well-kept secret. Why won't his parents talk about it? What else are they hiding from Max about his condition and from each other? The deeper Max goes, the more questions emerge about where it all leaves him and what his future holds, especially now that he's starting to fall head over heels for someone for the first time in his life. Will his friends accept him if he is no longer the Golden Boy? Will anyone ever want him--desire him--once they know? And the biggest one of all, the question he has to look inside himself to answer: Who is Max Walker, really?"--Jacket.… (meer)
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Golden boy è un romanzo che racconta la storia di Max, un ragazzo intersessuale, e della sua famiglia: sembrano tutti passarsela alla grande, fino a quando un evento traumatico non manda in frantumi la loro quotidianità per portare alla luce tutte le questioni irrisolte.

La principale, naturalmente, è l’intersessualità di Max, che, sebbene si presenti con la rara combinazione cromosomica 46,XX/46,XY, cioè abbia le caratteristiche tipiche dell’ermafroditismo, non è mai stata oggetto di grandi discussioni in famiglia. Max sa di essere intersessuale, ma il silenzio dei suoi genitori e l’atteggiamento dei medici, più interessanti a normalizzarlo che al suo benessere, lo convincono di essere uno scherzo della natura, un errore genetico ambulante che non riuscirà mai a trovare una ragazza disposta a stare con lui.

È stato difficile leggere i pensieri di Max: e questo nonostante il romanzo sembri a tratti troppo artificiale e si rivolga soprattutto a un pubblico adolescente (che è un modo elegante di dire che sono invecchiata). Tuttavia, la disinformazione sull’intersessualità è drammaticamente realistica: solo l’anno scorso in Italia ci si vantava di aver operato un bambino intersessuale di due anni.

Proprio come se avere un corredo cromosomico maschile ti rendesse automaticamente un uomo e fosse necessario asportare al più presto qualunque attributo femminile di troppo. Perlomeno è intervenuta l’ONU, per la precisione il CRPD (Comitato delle Nazioni Unite sui diritti delle persone con disabilità), che ha ammonito l’Italia per le pratiche di mutilazioni genitali intersex (IGM).

Non si butta via l’autodeterminazione delle persone solo perché queste sono troppo piccole per decidere e si ha paura della (e per la) loro diversità. Mentre leggi della vita di Max che diventa un inferno a causa dell’ignoranza che circonda la sua intersessualità e su tutto pesa il terrore che qualcuno lo venga a sapere, tu lettore avresti voglia di urlare perché – maledizione – com’è possibile che Golden boy sia ancora una storia plausibile? Che da qualche parte ci sia davvero un Max che si vede solo come una variante genetica impazzita?

È veramente criminale che con l’attuale possibilità di diffondere e recepire notizie e informazioni l’intersessualità sia ancora così poco conosciuta, e non solo tra le famiglie, ma anche tra gli stessi medici, tra i quali sembra ancora persistere forte quest'ansia maschilista che fa sì che si desideri riportare all’eteronormatività chiunque abbia osato discostarsene. Bisognerebbe accrescere la consapevolezza dell’esistenza dell’intersessualità, sia nei corsi universitari sia in quelli di aggiornamento professionale.

Inoltre, sarebbe davvero il caso che lo Stato italiano si decidesse a proteggere queste persone con una legge ad hoc (i primi passi all’interno dell’UE sono stati mossi in Germania): laddove non arriva il senno dei singoli, ci pensi almeno il diritto, in modo che nessuno debba più soffrire come Max e la sua famiglia. ( )
  lasiepedimore | Sep 22, 2023 |
Max Walker es un chico de oro. Bronceado, rubio, atractivo y atlético, es el hijo perfecto, el deportista perfecto y un partido perfecto para las chicas de su escuela. También es el modelo a seguir para su hermano pequeño.
Su aparentemente modélica familia ocupa una posición más que envidiable: su padre es candidato a las elecciones al Parlamento y, entretanto, Max se enamora por primera vez.
Sin embargo, todos ellos están a punto de convertirse en el punto de mira de los medios de comunicación, que pronto los cercarán en un intento de averiguar aquello que siempre han ocultado. Max Walker tiene una vida perfecta... Max Walker tiene un secreto... y alguien se ha enterado.
  Natt90 | Mar 30, 2023 |
I had a difficult time with it.

The story was exceptionally well written and riveting in a way. I just could not personally love it.

It is a tough book to review because there is not anything wrong with it. I just..for whatever reason..did not love it.

I think everyone has at least a few books that they know, intellectually are really well done. But for some reason they just cannot get into it.

That is what happened with me and this book although I did read it through. It was tough though. ( )
  Thebeautifulsea | Aug 6, 2022 |
This was a good, thought provoking read. I enjoyed the character of Max very much and I learned quite a bit about intersex people in addition. The story is told from various points of view. Some of them were more interesting than others. My favorites were of course Max and his little brother Daniel. The character of Sylvie seemed the least well developed but she was there really just as someone that Max could aspire to and count on. The story wasn't really about her so I guess that's okay. There was some interesting bits from the POV of both of the parents. I would think that having a child with this issue would be difficult and you would struggle to do your best for them.

All in a recommended read. ( )
  Luziadovalongo | Jul 14, 2022 |
I liked this book a lot. It was a bit preachy in places, but I thought it was well-written and emotionally engaging. Worth reading. ( )
  SwitchKnitter | Dec 19, 2021 |
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"The Walker family is good at keeping secrets from the world. They are even better at keeping them from each other. Max Walker is a golden boy. Attractive, intelligent, and athletic, he's the perfect son, the perfect friend, and the perfect crush for the girls in his school. He's even really nice to his little brother. Karen, Max's mother, is a highly successful criminal lawyer, determined to maintain the fac̦ade of effortless excellence she has constructed through the years. Now that the boys are getting older, now that she won't have as much control, she worries that the fac̦ade might soon begin to crumble. Adding to the tension, her husband, Steve, has chosen this moment to stand for election to Parliament. The spotlight of the media is about to encircle their lives. The Walkers are hiding something, you see. Max is special. Max is different. Max is intersex. When an enigmatic childhood friend named Hunter steps out of his past and abuses his trust in the worst possible way, Max is forced to consider the nature of his well-kept secret. Why won't his parents talk about it? What else are they hiding from Max about his condition and from each other? The deeper Max goes, the more questions emerge about where it all leaves him and what his future holds, especially now that he's starting to fall head over heels for someone for the first time in his life. Will his friends accept him if he is no longer the Golden Boy? Will anyone ever want him--desire him--once they know? And the biggest one of all, the question he has to look inside himself to answer: Who is Max Walker, really?"--Jacket.

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