Becoming Nicole : the transformation of an American family / Amy Ellis Nutt.
"The Maines were a middle-class, hard-working, politically conservative New England couple whose lives felt complete when they adopted identical twin sons. As toddlers, Jonas was the son Kelly and Wayne Maines expected, but Wyatt was only interested in girls' clothes and toys. By age five, this conflict was tearing Wyatt--and the family--apart. Today, Wyatt is Nicole. She and Jonas are now graduating from high school. This is the story of a journey that could have destroyed a family, but instead united them. It's the story of a mother whose instincts told her her child needed love and help. It's the story of a Republican, NRA-member father who overcame confusion and fear to become a vocal advocate of trans rights. It's the story of a brother who always loved and accepted his sister. And, especially, it's the story of a young girl who found the courage to be herself. "-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780812995435
- ISBN: 0812995430
- Physical Description: xix, 296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Edition: Random House trade paperback edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-267). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : Mirror image -- Identical twins -- My boys -- Finally ours -- Gender dysphoria -- Down east -- Things to be careful of -- The pink aisle -- A boy-girl -- Wild in the dark -- Girls with magical powers -- A son and a daughter -- Transitions -- Getting the anger out -- The Xs and Ys of sex -- Perpetrating gender -- Nature's anomalies -- Being different -- Becoming Nicole -- A new adversary -- Freak -- The Christian Civic League of Maine -- Defending Nicole -- May I have this dance? -- She's all girl -- Eyes on -- The transgender brain -- Gender of the heart -- Separate and unequal -- Going stealth -- On the outside looking in -- Puberty begins -- Born this way -- A time for change -- We can't lose -- First kiss -- Small victories -- Someone else's brother -- One step back -- Imagine -- Our story -- Commencement -- Transformation -- As long as she's happy. |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ⢠The inspiring true story of transgender actor and activist Nicole Maines, whose identical twin brother, Jonas, and ordinary American family join her on an extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all.
Nicole appears as TVâs first transgender superhero on CWâs Supergirl
When Wayne and Kelly Maines adopted identical twin boys, they thought their lives were complete. But by the time Jonas and Wyatt were toddlers, confusion over Wyattâs insistence that he was female began to tear the family apart. In the years that followed, the Maineses came to question their long-held views on gender and identity, to accept Wyattâs transition to Nicole, and to undergo a wrenching transformation of their own, the effects of which would reverberate through their entire community. Pulitzer Prizeâwinning journalist Amy Ellis Nutt spent almost four years reporting this story and tells it with unflinching honesty, intimacy, and empathy. In her hands, Becoming Nicole is more than an account of a courageous girl and her extraordinary family. Itâs a powerful portrait of a slowly but surely changing nation, and one that will inspire all of us to see the world with a little more humanity and understanding.
Named One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by People â¢Â One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review and Menâs Journal ⢠A Stonewall Honor Book in Nonfiction ⢠Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction
âFascinating and enlightening.ââCheryl Strayed
âIf you arenât moved by Becoming Nicole, Iâd suggest thereâs a lump of dark matter where your heart should be.ââThe New York Times
âExceptional . . . âStories move the walls that need to be moved,â Nicole told her father last year. In telling Nicoleâs story and those of her brother and parents luminously, and with great compassion and intelligence, that is exactly what Amy Ellis Nutt has done here.ââThe Washington Post
âA profoundly moving true story about one remarkable familyâs evolution.ââPeople
âBecoming Nicole is a miracle. Itâs the story of a family struggling withâand embracingâa transgender child. But more than that, itâs about accepting one another, and ourselves, in all our messy, contradictory glory.ââJennifer Finney Boylan, former co-chair of GLAAD and author of Sheâs Not There: A Life in Two Genders