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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781555838539 ISBN: 1555838537 Label: Alyson Books Manufacturer: Alyson Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: 2004-04-01 Publisher: Alyson Books Studio: Alyson Books

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Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence.

Woman or man? That's the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950's, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist '60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early '70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence.

Leslie Feinberg is also the author of Trans Liberation, Trans Gender Warriors and Transgender Liberation, and is a noted activist and speaker on transgender issues.

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Summary: Cheap
Comment: An important historical chronicle, however, the quality of the writing is consistently, unbelievably poor. Clichés permeate the page, the characters are 2-dimensional and belong in after school specials, emotional impact is conveyed through insultingly obvious explanations, the narrator is supposed to be stoic yet she cries every five pages. Strong emotion is not just tears. And while the message is important-- it's completely spelled out for the reader every page-- the fact that this is 6th grade level writing makes everything feel incredibly exploitative and thoroughly unconvincing.

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Summary: Loved this book.
Comment: I finally just read this book after having it on my "to-read" list for far too long. I'm appreciative of "Stone Butch Blues" on so many levels! It's amazing to read something that relates to you in a very meaningful way and this book does that for me. I think the author did a wonderful job of injecting details of historic importance into the story. A very needed and well-executed book for our community.

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Summary: Mom loved it too
Comment: When I first read this book a few years back, I remember crying through parts and never being able to put the book down.
Then my mom requested a copy for her book club. She loved it too.

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Summary: Wonderful
Comment: I needed this book for a class, last minute. It arrived within a matter of days, saving me from getting behind. It was wonderful. :)

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Summary: A Deeply Moving Novel
Comment: This novel/memoir chronicles the world of a working class lesbian, gay, and transgendered people from the days before Stonewall to the present. It is a classic and probably the most important book available about transgender issues. I cried reading it on the train.

Feinberg is a committed communist, and some of the scenes involving worker solidarity are a contrived, but the book is well written and deeply moving. The scenes of gay bashing are, I should warn you, horrific, but this is a book very much worth reading.

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