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Title: Hidden in Plain Sight by Leslie D. Townsend ISBN: 0-595-23782-7 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Deeply Moving
Comment: Leslie's story is fascinating and deeply touching. Her story will make you re-think how we view 'the opposite sex' and those individuals born in-between. It's easy to see how, as a woman, she blended so easily into society and was so successful as a model and entertainer.
The manner in which Leslie maintains her personal dignity in the face of tremendous odds and personal trials is a testament to the strenght of the human spirit.
Rating: 5
Summary: Compelling and Evocative
Comment: I've read this book twice and can't say enough about how it has touched me. I am a Transsexual. Though I've waited until late in life to finally begin my own journey of transition, Ms. Townsend's accounts of her feelings and motivations very much mirror my own. While I lived for years in doubt, Leslie is a person who showed the courage and tenacity to do whatever it took to become a real, whole person.
I agree that there are some things that are sad in this book - as it is in any person's life. What Leslie shows is the feelings and motivations that lie behind the course of her life. We get to see behind the facade of outer appearance and look into the heart and soul of a person struggling with gender identity. This is not a "Just the facts, ma'am" kind of book. Rather than a linear acount of 'what happened', we get to see 'what's going on' inside the person of Leslie Townsend.
I highly recommend this book. I also highly recommend an open, non-judgmental mind.
Rating: 2
Summary: Really depressing
Comment: I'll try to make this short and somewhat sweet. First of all, not all TS autobiographies are worth reading just because the woman who wrote it is a TS. This is one of those books you can skip. It is poorly written and somehow manages to turn prositution into a banal subject! If you're looking for practical transition info, it's not here. Ms. Townsend's issues clearly go way beyond being TS. And, despite being brutally blunt about the seedier side of her life, the reader somehow gets the feeling that she's still not being totally candid!
The big lesson here for a young TS is to avoid sex work...also, try to avoid sex work. As seen here, it is an addiction for some.
This very depressing read will invoke the urge in the reader to highlight all the spelling errors.
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Title: She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Richard Russo ISBN: 076791404X Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Woman I Was Not Born to Be: A Transsexual Journey by Aleshia Brevard ISBN: 1566398401 Publisher: Temple Univ Press Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Wrapped In Blue: A Journey of Discovery by Donna Rose ISBN: 0972955305 Publisher: Living Legacy Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Mark 947: A Life Shaped by God, Gender and Force of Will by Calpernia Sarah Addams ISBN: 0595263763 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods---My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine by Noelle Howey ISBN: 0312422202 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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