A new addition to our Book Nook library is She’s Not There written by Jennifer Phinney Boylan. I’m halfway through reading this and highly recommend it. The publisher and critics explain it well:
Publisher’s Summary: The provocative bestseller She’s Not There 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, She’s Not There is about a person bearing and finally revealing a complex secret. Through her clear eyes, She’s Not There provides a new window on the confounding process of accepting our true selves.
©2013 Jennifer Finney Boylan (P)2016 Random House Audio
Critics Reviews:
“She’s Not There…brings irreverence and a merrily outrageous sense of humor to this potentially serious business.” (The New York Times)
“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 She’s Not There. And with laughs, too. What a good book.” (Anna Quindlen, from the introduction to the Book-of-the-Month-Club edition)
“Beautifully crafted, fearless, painfully honest, inspiring, and extremely witty. Jennifer Finney Boylan is an exquisite writer with a fascinating story, and this combination has resulted in one of the most remarkable, moving, and unforgettable memoirs in recent history.” (Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors and Dry)