num_pages: 263
description: In 2011 Marie Claire magazine published a profile of Janet Mock in which she stepped forward for the first time as a trans woman. Those 2300 words were life-altering for the People.com editor turning her into an influential and outspoken public figure and a desperately needed voice for an often voiceless community. In these pages she offers a bold and inspiring perspective on being young multicultural economically challenged and transgender in America. Welcomed into the world as her parents firstborn son Mock decided early on that she would be her own personno matter what. She struggled as the smart determined child in a deeply loving yet ill-equipped family that lacked the money education and resources necessary to help her thrive. Mock navigated her way through her teen years without parental guidance but luckily with the support of a few close friends and mentors she emerged much stronger ready to take onand maybe even changethe world. This powerful memoir follows Mocks quest for identity from an early unwavering conviction about her gender to a turbulent adolescence in Honolulu that saw her transitioning during the tender years of high school self-medicating with hormones at fifteen and flying across the world alone for sex reassignment surgery at just eighteen. With unflinching honesty Mock uses her own experience to impart vital insight about the unique challenges and vulnerabilities of trans youth and brave girls like herself. Despite the hurdles Mock received a scholarship to college and moved to New York City where she earned a masters degree enjoyed the success of an enviable career and told no one about her past. She remained deeply guarded until she fell for a man who called her the woman of his dreams. Love fortified her with the strength to finally tell her story enabling her to embody the undeniable power of testimony and become a fierce advocate for a marginalized and misunderstood community. A profound statement of affirmation from a courageous woman Redefining Realness provides a whole new outlook on what it means to be a woman today and shows as never before how to be authentic unapologetic and wholly yourself.
language: English
title: Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
publisher: Atria Books