She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan
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Book Summary Author: Jennifer Finney Boylan Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2004-08-10 ISBN: 0767914295 Number of pages: 320 Publisher: Broadway |
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Book Reviews of the She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
Customer Review: Making light of a very serious issue
Summary: 3 Stars
Home and family are supposed to spell comfort and security. What happens when the edifice comes tumbling down all around you, making those whom you trusted and who, in turn, placed their trust in you question it all?
Finney skims lightly over the issues that are at the core of making his/ her life changing decision. Her blithe writing style makes no effort to capture the horrendous, gut wrenching pain and self-doubt his/her nearest and dearest must have endured when Finney decided to own upto his true inner identity. What makes his/ her narrative so unsympathetic to me is reading that Finney was aware, from a young age that "he" was meant to be a "she". Surely, any considerate romantic partner brings this up prior to the nuptials?
If any good is to come out of this book, it is hopefully the awareness that someone whom you consider you know, someone otherwise dependable, articulate and professionally successful could harbor such a secret deep within.