Becoming a man : the story of a transition
P. Carl, 1966-2020
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Becoming a Man is the striking memoir of P. Carl's journey to become the man he always knew himself to be. For fifty years, he lived as a girl and a queer woman, building a career, a life, and a loving marriage, yet still waiting to realise 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 blends the remarkable story of his own personal journey with incisive cultural commentary, writing brilliantly about gender, power, and inequality in America. His transition occurs amid the rise of the Trump administration and the #MeToo 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, liveable life. Here, through this brave and deeply personal work, Carl brings an unparalleled new voice to this conversation.
Becoming a man : the story of a transition / P. Carl.
P. Carl, 1966-, author
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2020.©2020
vii, 227 pages ; 23 cm
9781982105099 (hardback)
306.768092B306.768
English
375188
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 306.768 PCA | Available |