Transgender Stories Through Mothers’ Eyes ï A Two Author Event

Description

o Ivestor’s book is the story of her son’s difficult yet joyful journey. Her son, Jeremy, is transgender. Thirty years ago, she welcomed him into the world as a daughter. As a child, Jeremy preferred “masculine” toys and clothes; in his twenties, he had sex reassignment surgery. The book is told from multiple perspectives: Those of the siblings who struggled to understand the brother they knew as a sister, and of the parents who joined him in the battle against discrimination. Mimi Lemay chronicles a family’s journey of losing a daughter named Em and gaining a son named Jacob - and of three generations of seekers learning to forge their own paths, just as Jacob had when he resolutely declared himself a boy at age two. In accepting Jacob for who he was, the author’s nuclear family moved through emotional turmoil to peace and understanding, grounded on a solid foundation of love.