false 54935 4 <p>The provocative bestseller <i>She's Not There </i>is the winning, utterly surprising story of a person changing genders. By turns hilarious and deeply moving, Jennifer Finney Boylan explores the territory that lies between men and women, examines changing friendships, and rejoices in the redeeming power of family. Told in Boylan's fresh voice, <i>She's Not There</i> is about a person bearing and finally revealing a complex secret. Through her clear eyes, <i>She's Not There</i> provides a new window on the confounding process of accepting our true selves.<br><br>Probably no book I've read in recent years has made me so question my basic assumptions about both the centrality and the permeability of gender, and made me recognize myself in a situation I've never known and have never faced . . . The universality of the astonishingly uncommon: that's the trick of <i>She's Not There</i>. And with laughs, too. What a good book. <br>Anna Quindlen, from the Introduction to the Book-of-the-Month-Club edition.</p> 53535 2003 She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders total:1098|5:234|4:509|3:286|2:62|1:7| 1098 4195 1648 212 3 6 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 19 12:41:17 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 12:53:47 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 19:43:11 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 23 10:23:31 -0700 2007
Tho...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Jun 22 16:20:51 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 22 16:25:11 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 true false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun May 20 12:13:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 20 12:26:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 17:36:29 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 11:37:49 -0700 2008 1 - It's very well written - the author is an English professor in an East Coast college...
2 - It takes courage for a transsexual to make the transition.
3 - It takes courage for the wife of a transsexual to watch her spouse make the transit...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 29 13:22:38 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 13:29:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 13:44:35 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:29:34 -0800 2009 This is the first proper autobiography or memoir of a trans* person I've read, all the other related books on my shelf be...more...]]> 1 0 false true Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 18:29:27 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 18:58:27 -0800 2008 1 not there? The author's presence and self-obsession are felt on every page. Everything is about her. I picked up this book because I wanted to know more about the transgendered/transsexual experience. The author makes a bad example because she is completely sel...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Oct 20 17:25:09 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 18:10:24 -0700 2009
I was blown away not only by the utmost originality this book contains, but also by t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 28 14:25:56 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 14:50:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed May 20 05:04:32 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 05:50:51 -0700 2009
Jennifer's writing is brilliant, and she can capture the riotous absurdity of an event with amazing clarity and compa...more...]]> 1 1 true false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 14 16:29:40 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 16:33:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 16:44:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 18:00:45 -0700 2009 A Normal Transition: How the Privileged and...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 06 14:15:39 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 14:22:12 -0700 2009
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I must have missed something. I looked at the reviews on Amazon (to see if I'm the nut, usually) and most reviewers said something to the effect of how this book gave them some grand understanding of trans...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed May 02 06:55:08 -0700 2007 Wed May 02 06:58:06 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 31 13:56:18 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 13:59:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Aug 30 08:47:11 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 08:58:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jul 24 13:38:35 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 13:55:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jun 16 08:12:54 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 13:24:27 -0700 2007 why this book caught my eye in the store, but I had one of those "I need to read this but I don't know why.." moments.

At any rate, this book is heartfelt, brave and alternately touching and hilarious. Dealing with being transgendered can't be easy, and I have a...more...]]>