Very honest and emotionally moving

edit: today I was able to come back and finish listening to this audio book. I am glad I felt strong enough to do so. I am so impressed by Parker's clear yet emotionally honest sharing of her story. I am grateful to her for sharing it because she is so right when she talks about how easy it is to love and support trans people when you are shown them as people, not as some hypothetical monolith that the media tries to scare people with. She shares herself beautifully here

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I found this well read by the author, who shares a great deal with vulnerability and honesty. I have made it 45 mins through but am finding references to (spoiler maybe?) suicidal ideation difficult to hear right now so I hope to return and finish this book when I am at a point of feeling stronger. However I would still definitely recommend this as a listen for anyone who is cis like me but wants to understand what a trans person might go through. Thank you for writing this

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Very insightful read

Beautifully told story, and the coming out letter to parents was SO well written and considered i wanted to send it to all my friends for inspiration.

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Loved it

Loved this book. Amazing story and even better that it was read by the author. Thank you for sharing your story ❤️

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Great listen

Really great listen. It hits home really hard, a very similar story to me. I’ve been out a few years but was forced into coming out. only recently started slowly feminising my clothing, listening to your story brought me to tears. I’d really recommend this to any other trans person or even a cis person looking for insight.

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Wonderful if Brief

Very emotive, deeply personal, and while it is short to short (more of an essay in story form than anything else) I would argue this suits the content. Its not very thorough though, and focuses largely on Parker's relationships.

As someone currently undergoing a very simmilar transiton - from masculinity into womanhood, hearing this perspective from the author herself is very comforting. It's nice to know someone has been through it all and is still fighting, it makes one feel less alone in the world.

I would advise this to anyone interested in the topic; its short and an intersting window into a troubled life. It won't drench you in anything biological, densly philosophical, or artistically pretentious, but it will give you one perspective, if nothing else, feels honest.

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Insightful

As a cisgender it is interesting to see what it is like for a transgender, keeping in mind that it is the experience of one single person and not necessarily of all. As the author said, most people don't know any transgender person and therefore we don't know much about it. So this books is educational. Thanks Parker Marie Maloy to share it with us.

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