She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
by Jennifer Finney Boylan

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
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Author: Jennifer Finney Boylan
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-08-10
ISBN: 0767914295
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Broadway
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Book Review: Wonderfully Told Story
Summary: 5 Stars

This was a fascinating book--by a great storyteller--about a man's transformation from male to female. The parts I loved best were when s/he did a private study of the different reactions s/he got depending on gender. (For example, as a male in search of new car, he was shown the engine. As a female, she was shown the cupholders and charged a thousand dollars more for the car.) When s/he started taking female hormones, s/he became more sensitive about everything, and at one point said "There were a number of times when I wish I had the male shield (of testosterone) standing between me and the harshness of the world."

Summary of She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders

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.

"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.

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