She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Goodreads author!)
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As a man, my sex drive frequently resembled a monologue by a comic book hero succumbing to an evil spell. “Must - have! Must! Trying - to - resist! Getting harder to- Must have! Can’t - resist!”
I’...more
Though regarding mystery, this book ultimately touches on what Russo sums up in his loving afterword - mysteries "which reside at our human center, constitute the deeper truths of our being" whcih &quo...more
But what bothered me about the book is that there were a lot of things she left out, and it seems like if you're going to write such a revealing memoir, you have to take a warts-and-all approach. So the...more
What struck me to be most intriguing about this memoir was ...more
I don't think that Boylan's story tries...more
recommends it for: Anyone who enjoys autobiographys, psychology, gender
Gives good personal insight into transgendered lives. Some of the chapters go a bit slow and over extended in my opinion but still worth the read.
Anyone who has felt very out of place in some reguard growing up will probably relate to this book. I was a bit of an outcast as a kid and teen and I definitely related to ...more
The author, Jennifer Finney Boylan, retains most of her pre-transition life, her friends, her job, her family - an occurrence that is fairly rare among the transitioned transgendered.
This book is a must read for those with transgendered people in their life or anyone...more



























