Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition

Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition

â€œA memoir that is jolting, honest, passionate, and beautifully writtenâ€ (Claudia Rankine), Becoming a Man explores one manâ€™s gender transition amid a pivotal political moment in America.

Becoming a Man is the striking memoir of P. Carlâ€™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 realize himself in full. As Carl embarks on his gender transition, he takes us inside the complex shifts and questions that arise throughoutâ€”the alternating moments of arrival and estrangement. He writes intimately about how transitioning reconfigures both his own inner experience and his closest bondsâ€”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 movementâ€”a transition point in Americaâ€™s own story, when transphobia and toxic masculinity are under fire even as they thrive in the highest halls of power. Carlâ€™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.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2020-01-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781982105099

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2020-01-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781982105099