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Reportage rather than biography, this covers the becoming of a transgender girl, and the awakenings of her identical twin brother, parents, and community. The bigotry and ignorance she encounters is predictably horrifying, the end result reasonably heartwarming, but, I wished for more of her voice, her feelings about the experience. That really wasn’t what this book was; instead, it had the feel of an ...more
Reportage rather than biography, this covers the becoming of a transgender girl, and the awakenings of her identical twin brother, parents, and community. The bigotry and ignorance she encounters is predictably horrifying, the end result reasonably heartwarming, but, I wished for more of her voice, her feelings about the experience. That really wasn’t what this book was; instead, it had the feel of an ...more
Thoughtful, compelling, eye-opening account of one girl's struggle to be herself and her family's love and support through the hurdles our culture puts in the way.
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Apr 14, 2018
Angela Baldwin
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it was amazing
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