{"product_id":"dress-codes-noelle-howey-9780312422202","title":"Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods--My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intensely felt and extraordinary family memoir by Noelle Howey, who characterizes her touching and confusing sexual journey into womanhood as influenced by her relationship with her transgendered father and tomboy mother.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThroughout her childhood in suburban Ohio, Noelle struggled to gain love and affection from her distant father. In compensating for her father's brusqueness, Noelle idolized her nurturing tomboy mother and her conservative grandma who tried to turn her into a little lady. At age fourteen, Noelle's mom told her the family secret: Dad likes to wear women's clothes. As Noelle copes with a turbulent adolescence, her father begins to metamorphose into the loving parent she had always longed for--only now outfitted in pedal pushers and pink lipstick. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith edgy humor, courage, and remarkable sensitivity, Noelle Howey challenges all of our beliefs in what constitutes gender and a normal family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noelle Howey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312422202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312422202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.48w x 0.88d","brand":"Noelle Howey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981560578303,"sku":"9780312422202","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e11a9e21-7a76-4642-ba33-218befa5190b.jpg?v=1683256285","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dress-codes-noelle-howey-9780312422202","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}