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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.3
EAN num: 9780787967024
ISBN number: 0787967025
Label: Jossey-Bass
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: March 24, 2003
Publishing house: Jossey-Bass
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Combines authoritative information and humanitarian insight into the transsexual experience
Filled with wisdom and understanding, this groundbreaking book paints a vivid portrait of conflicts transsexuals face on a daily basis--and the courage they must summon as they struggle to reveal their true being to themselves and others. True Selves offers valuable guidance for those who are struggling to understand these people and their situations.
Using real life stories, actual letters, and other compelling examples, the authors give a clear understanding of what it means to be transsexual. They also give other useful advice, including how to deal compassionately with these commonly misunderstood individuals--by keeping an open heart, communicating fears, pain and support, respecting choices.
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Over all a good book on the subject. I would think in some ways it might be a bit too much of a read for some who just want a basic understanding of transgender phenomenon & transsexualism. I felt it very detailed and focused on a narrow portion of the continuum, specifically the male to female who is attracted to men. With that said, over all I think it's well written and an informative book.
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True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism--For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals
This book is full of information written in a professional and compassionate way. It is very helpful to anyone who is new to the concept of transexuality. It could also be used as a roadmap for transexuals trying to find a way to navigate their journey in a healthy way.
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While there are several things about this book that disappoint me, specifically the author's apparent inability to call a person by their proper pronouns or names and the idea that people who were abused are not/cannot be transsexual, it's a good place to start as long as you keep in mind that basing your entire opinion on a subject based on the views in ONE book is NOT a good idea.
The book is fairly easy to read, can have it's shining moments and can be a great help to both transsexual and their family and friends alike. It shouldn't be shunned, but it also shouldn't be taken as the Gospel Truth-- it's not, but that doesn't automatically make it worthless.
I would recommend "Trans Forming Families" (I forget the author) over this book, but as a resource, True Selves is still useful. It's a well-meaning book, despite it's (few, but glaringly obvious) flaws, and in my opinion, at least the author's didn't make transsexuals out to be psychotic freaks of nature.
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Much like a former reviewer I feel like on could nitpick the book to death however, as a bridge from knowing absolutely nothing about trans people (much like my mother) one I believe could do worse.
This book was a recommended read for my mother and I by my/our therapist,which was a good call but I still had to explain lots of things myself.
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This book arrived in a good state,very quickly and was most helpful to those who have read it
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