Book 43 of 2012: She's not There: A life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan. This is an autobiographical book about the author's beautiful (and also very painful) experience with gender reassignment. She maintains a sense of humour, but still explores how devastatingly lonely it can be to feel trapped in the wrong body, while trying her best to understand how her decisions will forever affect the lives of the people she loves most dearly (namely her wife and children). I suspect this is an issue I'll never entirely "get", but my getting it isn't really the point, I don't think. This book, (and gender reassignment in general) also undoubtedly explores the boundaries of unconditional love and acceptance. I definitely enjoyed reading it.
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