{"product_id":"cake-walk-2nd-edition-paperback","title":"Cake Walk - 2nd Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDouglas Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis version is the 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003end\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Edition of the original version published in 2022.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou did everything right. You learned the rules, worked hard, stayed composed, and built a life that earned respect. You became the person everyone expected you to be. Because in a world that doesn't always make room for you, belonging can feel like survival. But what if the life you built no longer feels like your own?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBryan Hicks knows that feeling. A successful Black executive in Houston's oil and gas industry, he has spent decades mastering control, conformity, and the performance of heterosexual masculinity. Then he meets Nadia-a confident transgender woman who lives openly and unapologetically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFalling in love with her forces Bryan to confront questions he's spent a lifetime avoiding. Is he betraying the community that shaped him? Or discovering a deeper truth about who he has always been?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough love, meditation, and Buddhist wisdom, Bryan begins a journey beyond shame, fear, and expectation toward a life lived honestly. What follows is a new kind of coming-out story-one that asks whether coming out is not about becoming someone else, but finally embracing the person you have always been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs you read, your own experience is mirrored-the pressure to perform, the longing to belong, the fear of being seen, and the courage it takes to become yourself. Cake Walk (2nd Edition) is a groundbreaking queer literary novel exploring cis-trans romance, queer identity, community, spiritual awakening, and the transformative power of living your truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy I Wrote Cake Walk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wrote Cake Walk because I couldn't find stories about men loving a transgender woman. Inspired by my 25-year meditation practice and therapy, the novel explores choosing the unknown over fear and asks whether some trans-attracted men may discover their sexuality is more flexible than they believed. My hope is to inspire liberation, belonging, and the courage to live truthfully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent Warnings: \u003c\/strong\u003eCake Walk contains material that might prove to be explicit sexual content and contains potentially triggering subject matter, including racism, homophobia, transphobia, and hate speech\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 318\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54090098901299,"sku":"9798998582547","price":30.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bHkGkJVBvY9798998582547.webp?v=1789599414","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/cake-walk-2nd-edition-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}