Book description
They say that whoever you are it’s okay, you were born that way. Those words don’t comfort Emily, because she was born Christopher and her insides know that her outsides are all wrong.
They say that it gets better, be who you are and it’ll be fine. For Emily, telling…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Being Emily as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Rachel Gold’s story about a trans girl’s struggle to come out and transition is the OG of all trans girl coming-of-age stories.
It rings so true that I nearly gave up on the novel I’d spent three years writing when I discovered it! It’s got my chilly Minnesota roots, a conservative therapist, and a religious friend who struggles to accept her.
This book is about me, published three years before my own awakening, and it revealed itself to me only after I’d done my best to capture my transition through teenage eyes. It’s simply mind-blowing how universal a trans-femme experience…
From A.M.'s list on trans coming-of-age books.
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