Jennifer Finney Boylan


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Jennifer Finney Boylan

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gender female
place of birth United States
website http://www.jenniferboylan.net
genre Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction

about this author

Jennifer Finney Boylan is a widely praised author and professor.

Edward Albee summed up her oeuvre in 1988: -- "Boylan observes carefully, and with love. [Her] levitating wit is wisely tethered to a humane concern…. I often broke into laughter, and was now and again, struck with wonder."

Jenny's memoir, She's Not There, published by Broadway Books in 2003, was one of the first bestselling works by a transgendered American; until 2001 she published under the name James Boylan. She's Not There, currently in its eighth printing, is popular both as a textbook in high schools and colleges as well as with readers's groups. The paperback edition contains a "readers guide" in addition to the main text, which consists not...more

books by Jennifer Finney Boylan

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avg rating: 3.80 | 606 ratings | 6 distinct works
She's Not There: A Life in Two... She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders (Paperback)
by Jennifer Finney Boylan (goodreads author!)
avg rating 3.83 — 461 ratings — published 2004
4 editions
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I'm Looking Through You: Growi... I'm Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted: A Memoir (Hardcover)
by Jennifer Finney Boylan (goodreads author!)
avg rating 3.71 — 70 ratings — published 2008
3 editions
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The Planets The Planets (Paperback)
by Jennifer Finney Boylan (goodreads author!)
avg rating 3.60 — 15 ratings — published 1992
4 editions
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Getting In Getting In (Paperback)
by Jennifer Finney Boylan (goodreads author!)
avg rating 3.33 — 15 ratings — published 1998
2 editions
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The Constellations The Constellations (Paperback)
by Jennifer Finney Boylan (goodreads author!)
avg rating 3.83 — 12 ratings — published 1995
2 editions
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The Liars' Club: A Memoir (Paperback)
by Mary Karr
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from Nikki
03/03/2008 10:06PM

602540 jennifer- you're my hero (really dearheart u r goddess-like in every way!)

U R as i say, an "AMAZON".com













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