{"product_id":"conundrum-jan-morris-9781590171899","title":"Conundrum","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the first-ever books on gender transition, this poignant memoir by a trans woman is \"the best first-hand account ever written by a traveler across the boundaries of sex\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A profoundly poetic story.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An exquisite read.\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e--Maria Popova, \u003ci\u003eThe Marginalian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe great travel writer Jan Morris was born James Morris. James Morris distinguished himself in the British military, became a successful and physically daring reporter, climbed mountains, crossed deserts, and established a reputation as a historian of the British empire. He was happily married, with several children. To all appearances, he was not only a man, but a man's man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcept that appearances, as James Morris had known from early childhood, can be deeply misleading. James Morris had known all his conscious life that at heart he was a woman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eConundrum\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the earliest books to discuss transsexuality with honesty and without prurience, tells the story of James Morris' hidden life and how he decided to bring it into the open, as he resolved first on a hormone treatment and, second, on risky experimental surgery that would turn him into the woman that he truly was.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Morris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590171896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590171899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.03w x 0.42d","brand":"Jan Morris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050890785023,"sku":"9781590171899","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dbc6e2e7-14ed-4931-ac10-a8dad0a691e8.jpg?v=1685009848","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conundrum-jan-morris-9781590171899","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}