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Stuck in the Middle With You

by Jennifer Finney Boylan

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New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Finney Boylan returns with a remarkable memoir about gender and parenting that discusses how families are shaped and the difficulties and wonders of being human. A father for six years, a mother for ten, and for a time in between, neither, or both, Jennifer Finney Boylan has seen parenthood from both sides of the gender divide. When her two children were young, Boylan came out as transgender, and as Jenny transitioned from a man to a woman and from a father to a mother, her family faced unique challenges and questions. In this thoughtful, tear-jerking, hilarious memoir, Jenny asks what it means to be a father, or a mother, and to what extent gender shades our experiences as parents.…

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"Jennifer Finney Boylan’s endlessly witty “Stuck in the Middle With You” made me laugh out loud over and over again; it’s about her experience as a transgender parent, who started off as her children’s father and ended up as their “Maddy” — not quite a mom, but definitely no longer a dad."
By the Book: Andrew Solomon · nytimes.com