{"product_id":"a-queer-and-pleasant-danger-kate-bornstein-9780807024164","title":"A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The True Story of a Nice Jewish Boy Who Joins the Church of Scientology, and Leaves Twelve Years Later to Become the Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe inspiring true story of a nice Jewish boy who left the Church of Scientology to become the lovely lady she is today\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the early 1970s, a boy from a Conservative Jewish family joined the Church of Scientology. In 1981, that boy officially left the movement and ultimately transitioned into a woman. A few years later, she stopped calling herself a woman--and became a famous gender outlaw. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGender theorist, performance artist, and author Kate Bornstein is set to change lives with her stunningly original memoir. Wickedly funny and disarmingly honest, this is Bornstein's most intimate book yet, encompassing her early childhood and adolescence, college at Brown, a life in the theater, three marriages and fatherhood, the Scientology hierarchy, transsexual life, LGBTQ politics, and life on the road as a sought-after speaker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kate Bornstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807024163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807024164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Kate Bornstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48066679144703,"sku":"9780807024164","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7644e8c5-7a89-4687-b4b9-1f6abcefa2e4.jpg?v=1768679861","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-queer-and-pleasant-danger-kate-bornstein-9780807024164","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}