Carl P. - Becoming A Man The Story Of A Transition - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: A scrupulously honest (O The Oprah Magazine) debut memoir that explores one man's gender transition amid a pivotal political moment in America. Becoming a Man is a moving narrative that illuminates the joy courage necessity and risk - taking of gender transition (Kirkus Reviews). For fifty years P. Carl lived as a girl and then as a queer woman building a career a life and a loving marriage yet still waiting to realize himself in full. As Carl embarks on his gender transition he takes us inside the complex shifts and questions that arise throughout the alternating moments of arrival and estrangement. He writes intimately about how transitioning reconfigures both his own inner experience and his closest bonds his twenty - year relationship with his wife Lynette; his already tumultuous relationships with his parents; and seemingly solid friendships that are subtly altered often painfully and wordlessly. Carl has written a poignant and candid self - appraisal of life as a work - of - progress (Booklist) and blends the remarkable story of his own personal journey with incisive cultural commentary writing beautifully about gender power and inequality in America. His transition occurs amid the rise of the Trump administration and the # Me Too movement a transition point in America's own story when transphobia and toxic masculinity are under fire even as they thrive in the highest halls of power. Carl's quest to become himself and to reckon with his masculinity mirrors in many ways the challenge before the country as a whole to imagine a society where every member can have a vibrant livable life. Here through this brave and deeply personal work Carl brings an unparalleled new voice to this conversation.
Title: Becoming A Man The Story Of A Transition
Author(s): Carl P.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Barcode: 9781982105105
Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Date: 1/26/2021
Category: Gender Studies, Gender Groups