{"product_id":"the-bridge-keith-maillard-9781988298788","title":"The Bridge: Writing Across the Binary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne writer's deeply compelling story of growing up nonbinary in the 1940s and '50s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Most people know their gender identity by the time they are two or three. My memories don't go back quite that far, but as far back as I do remember, I was never certain. I asked my mother and grandmother over and over again, 'Am I a boy, or am I a girl?'--asked so many times they got sick of answering and started getting mad at me, and then I would hear, 'I told you!' They always told me that I was a boy, but I was never convinced. It would take me over sixty years to arrive at a clear understanding of my problem--I was trapped inside what we now would call 'the gender binary, ' the notion that there are only two choices.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eThe Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e, Keith Maillard's fascinating memoir of growing up in West Virginia in the 1940s and '50s: a time and place where the word \"nonbinary\" didn't exist. This memoir from one of Canada's most celebrated writers is an instant classic--timely, accessible, and wonderfully evocative. Maillard is a natural, gifted storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Maillard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1988298784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781988298788\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e FreeHand Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.95h x 4.96w x 0.71d","brand":"Keith Maillard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080403218687,"sku":"9781988298788","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46b7b392-c6e7-4aec-864a-131f56a56bd8.jpg?v=1685486594","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bridge-keith-maillard-9781988298788","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}