{"product_id":"trans-juliet-jacques-9781784781675","title":"Trans: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Powerful and engaging.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Brutally honest and funny.\" --\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A lyrical exploration of [Jacques's] gender journey.\" --\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A marvelously nuanced\" transgender memoir, \"brilliantly contextualized in the disparate worlds of pop culture, football, mass media, and the NHS\" (Kate Bornstein, author of \u003ci\u003eA Queer and Pleasant Danger\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In July 2012, aged 30, Juliet Jacques underwent sex reassignment surgery--a process she chronicled with unflinching honesty in a serialized national newspaper column. \u003ci\u003eTrans\u003c\/i\u003e tells of her life to the present moment: a story of growing up, of defining yourself, and of the rapidly changing world of gender politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fresh from university, eager to escape a dead-end job, she launches a career as a writer in a publishing culture dominated by London cliques and still figuring out the impact of the Internet. She navigates the treacherous waters of a world where, even in the liberal and feminist media, transgender identities go unacknowledged, misunderstood or worse. Yet through art, film, music, politics and football, Jacques starts to become the person she had only imagined, and begins the process of transition. Interweaving the personal with the political, her memoir is a powerful exploration of debates that comprise trans politics, issues which promise to redefine our understanding of what it means to be alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Revealing, honest, humorous, and self-deprecating, \u003ci\u003eTrans\u003c\/i\u003e includes an epilogue with Sheila Heti, author of \u003ci\u003eHow Should a Person Be?\u003c\/i\u003e, in which Jacques and Heti discuss the cruxes of writing and identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juliet Jacques\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784781673\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784781675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Juliet Jacques","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938042577151,"sku":"9781784781675","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_60e12e3b-069c-4612-bcee-0c0d7c7d0601.jpg?v=1681433390","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/trans-juliet-jacques-9781784781675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}