{"product_id":"normal-transsexual-ceos-crossdressing-cops-and-hermaphrodites-with-attitude-paperback","title":"Normal: Transsexual Ceos, Crossdressing Cops, and Hermaphrodites with Attitude - 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\u003eAmy Bloom\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Bloom has won a devoted readership and wide critical acclaim for fiction of rare humor, insight, grace, and eloquence, and the same qualities distinguish \u003cb\u003eNormal\u003c\/b\u003e, a provocative, intimate journey into the lives of \"people who reveal, or announce, that their gender is variegated rather than monochromatic\"--female-to-male transsexuals, heterosexual crossdressers, and the intersexed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We meet Lyle Monelle and his mother, Jessie, who recognized early on that her little girl was in fact a boy and used her life savings to help Lyle make the transition. On a Carnival cruise with a group of crossdressers and their spouses, we meet Peggy Rudd and her husband, \"Melanie,\" who devote themselves to the cause of \"ordinary heterosexual men with an additional feminine dimension.\" And we meet Hale Hawbecker, \"a regular, middle-of-the-road, white-bread guy\" with a wife, kids, and a medical condition, the standard treatment for which would have changed his life and his gender. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Casting light into the dusty corners of our assumptions about sex, gender and identity, Bloom reveals new facets to the ideas of happiness, personality and character, even as she brilliantly illuminates the very concept of \"normal.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy Bloom has won a devoted readership and wide critical acclaim for fiction of rare humor, insight, grace, and eloquence, and the same qualities distinguish Normal, a provocative, intimate journey into the lives of \"people who reveal, or announce, that their gender is variegated rather than monochromatic\"--female-to-male transsexuals, heterosexual crossdressers, and the intersexed. \u003cbr\u003eWe meet Lyle Monelle and his mother, Jessie, who recognized early on that her little girl was in fact a boy and used her life savings to help Lyle make the transition. On a Carnival cruise with a group of crossdressers and their spouses, we meet Peggy Rudd and her husband, \"Melanie,\" who devote themselves to the cause of \"ordinary heterosexual men with an additional feminine dimension.\" And we meet Hale Hawbecker, \"a regular, middle-of-the-road, white-bread guy\" with a wife, kids, and a medical condition, the standard treatment for which would have changed his life and his gender. \u003cbr\u003eCasting light into the dusty corners of our assumptions about sex, gender and identity, Bloom reveals new facets to the ideas of happiness, personality and character, even as she brilliantly illuminates the very concept of \"normal.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Bloom \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of four novels: \u003ci\u003eWhite Houses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLucky Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAway\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLove Invents Us\u003c\/i\u003e; and three collections of short stories: \u003ci\u003eWhere the God Of Love Hangs Out\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCome to Me\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the National Book Award), and \u003ci\u003eA Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You\u003c\/i\u003e (finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award). Her first book of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eNormal: Transsexual CEOs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Crossdressing Cops and Hermaphrodites with Attitudes\u003c\/i\u003e, is a staple of university sociology and biology courses. Her most recent book is the widely acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eIn Love\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for magazines such as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has been translated into fifteen languages. She is the Director of the Shapiro Center at Wesleyan University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.04 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52607669502259,"sku":"9781400032440","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/cEYHH6Kqb09781400032440.webp?v=1761807185","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/normal-transsexual-ceos-crossdressing-cops-and-hermaphrodites-with-attitude-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}