The more she begins to feel like “a normal teenage girl,” the more she becomes aware of the secrets those around her keep-secrets that, like hers, have the power to both destroy and liberate.
Amanda wishes to go unnoticed, but her beauty attracts friends and potential boyfriends. Afterward, Amanda returns to her father and a new town in Tennessee, eager to finish high school and move to a big city.
After enduring classroom bullies and her father’s admonishments to toughen up, Amanda moves to Atlanta with her mother for a long, difficult physical transition. Though she was born Andrew Hardy, Amanda always knew she was meant to be a girl. In an illuminating debut guided by hope and overwhelming kindness, Russo demonstrates the challenges teens face in finding “the truest version” of themselves.
0 kommentar(er)
