Getting to Ellen
Subtitle: a memoir about love, honesty, and gender change
By: by Ellen Krug
Publisher: Stepladder Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780988698901
Subjects: Male-to-female transsexuals; Transgender people; Gender identity; Biography; Women lawyers
Description: "What is the price of living an authentic life? Ellen Krug knows . As a man named, "Ed," she had everything anyone could ever want: a soul mate's love, two beautiful daughters, a house in the best neighborhood, a successful trial lawyer's career -- a Grand Plan life so picture-pefect it inspired a beautiful pastel drawing. But there was a problem: "Ed" was a woman born into a male body. Finding inner peace meant Ed would have to become Ellen. It also meant losing that picture-perfect life. How could anyone make that choice, pay that kind of price? Then again, how could anyone not? Through what became a "gender journey," Ellen Krug discovered her true self and the honesty it takes to make life-changing decisions. Getting to Ellen is more than one person's story about some things lost and others gained. It's a glimpse into the life choices that all of us make -- whether or not we're transgender."
Table of contents: title: Author's note; title: Glimpse; title: Tom Terrific; title: Beezer; title: Finding Lydia; title: Killer Krug; title: Too much; title: Knollwood; title: Therapy; title: Seat 13A; title: Leaving Lydia; title: Into the gray; title: Gay lite; title: Black hole; title: Coming home; title: Going public; title: The note; title: Swimming upstream; title: Getting my groove on; title: Letting go; title: The end of it; title: Complete; title: After; title: Acknowldegements; title: Reader prompts; title: About the author.