Data Baby
My Life in a Psychological Experiment
Susannah Breslin
- A
- Belletrist
- Book
- Pick
- for
- December
- 2023Lab
- Girl
- meets
- Brain
- on
- Fire
- in
- this
- provocative
- and
- poignant
- memoir
- delving
- into
- a
- woman's
- formative
- experiences
- as
- a
- veritable
- "lab
- rat"
- in
- a
- lifelong
- psychological
- study,
- and
- her
- pursuit
- to
- reclaim
- autonomy
- and
- her
- identity
- as
- a
- adult.What
- if
- your
- parents
- turn
- you
- into
- a
- human
- lab
- rat
- when
- you’re
- a
- child?
- Will
- that
- change
- the
- story
- of
- your
- life?
- Will
- that
- change
- who
- you
- are?When
- Susannah
- Breslin
- is
- a
- toddler,
- her
- parents
- enroll
- her
- in
- an
- exclusive
- laboratory
- preschool
- at
- the
- University
- of
- California,
- Berkeley,
- where
- she
- becomes
- one
- of
- over
- a
- hundred
- children
- who
- are
- research
- subjects
- in
- an
- unprecedented
- thirty-year
- study
- of
- personality
- development
- that
- predicts
- who
- she
- and
- her
- cohort
- will
- grow
- up
- to
- be.
- Decades
- later,
- trapped
- in
- what
- she
- feels
- is
- an
- abusive
- marriage
- and
- battling
- breast
- cancer,
- she
- starts
- to
- wonder
- how
- growing
- up
- under
- a
- microscope
- shaped
- her
- identity
- and
- life
- choices.
- Already
- a
- successful
- journalist,
- she
- makes
- her
- own
- curious
- history
- the
- subject
- of
- her
- next
- investigation.
- From
- experiment
- rooms
- with
- one-way
- mirrors,
- to
- children’s
- puzzles
- with
- no
- solutions,
- to
- condemned
- basement
- laboratories,
- her
- life-changing
- journey
- uncovers
- the
- long-buried
- secrets
- hidden
- behind
- the
- renowned
- study.
- The
- question
- at
- the
- gnarled
- heart
- of
- her
- quest:
- Did
- the
- study
- know
- her
- better
- than
- she
- knew
- herself?At
- once
- bravely
- honest
- and
- sharply
- witty,
- Data
- Baby
- is
- a
- compelling
- and
- provocative
- account
- of
- a
- woman’s
- quest
- to
- find
- her
- true
- self,
- and
- an
- unblinking
- exploration
- of
- why
- we
- turn
- out
- as
- we
- do.
- Few
- people
- in
- all
- of
- history
- have
- been
- studied
- from
- such
- a
- young
- age
- and
- for
- as
- long
- as
- this
- author,
- but
- the
- message
- of
- her
- book
- is
- universal.
- In
- an
- era
- when
- so
- many
- of
- us
- are
- looking
- to
- technology
- to
- tell
- us
- who
- to
- be,
- it’s
- up
- to
- us
- to
- discover
- who
- we
- actually are.
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