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SELF-ish: A Transgender Awakening

By Chloe Schwenke

Paperback: 260 pages
Publisher: Red Hen Press (May 4, 2018)
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
Condition: New

Price: $17.95

Synopsis

SELF-ish is a narrative drawn from an international life, beginning with some early glimpses out at the world by a girl in a boy’s body. Chloe Schwenke was raised as Stephen in a Marine Corps family, and was sent off at age fourteen to “man-up” at a military academy. Later―and still embodied as a man―she ventured abroad to work in some of the roughest regions of Africa, the Gaza Strip, Turkey, and many other locales. Her far-flung global journey was matched in intensity by an inner identity and spiritual struggle and the associated ravages of depression, before she came to the revelation of being a transgender woman.

At a time when many Americans are just waking up to the reality of the transgender phenomenon, this portrayal of Chloe’s life, her challenging gender transition, and her many accomplishments and adventures along the way (including being among the first three transgender political appointees in U.S. history, under President Obama), creates a poignant story of authenticity, self-discovery, and the meaning of gender set against a fascinating international backdrop.

Click here to read a Friends Journal review of this book by Pendle Hill’s current Minnie Jane Artist-in-Residence, Anna Carolyn McCormally.

Additional information

Weight 6.6 oz