| Description |
310 pages ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Summary |
"A heartrending immigrant memoir and a uniquely intersectional coming-of-age story of a life lived in duality and the in-between, and how one navigates through race, gender, and the search for love."-- Provided by publisher. |
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As a boy with albinism, coping with the strain of parental neglect in a rural Philippine village, Talusan found childhood comfort in America from her devoted grandmother, a grounding force as she was treated by others with special preference or public curiosity. As an immigrant to the United States, Talusan came to be perceived as white. An academic scholarship to Harvard required Talusan to navigate through the complex spheres of race, class, sexuality, and her place within the gay community. She emerged as an artist and an activist questioning the boundaries of gender. Talusan realized she did not want to be confined to a prescribed role as a man, and transitioned to become a woman, despite the risk of losing a man she deeply loved. -- adapted from jacket |
| Local Note |
2 52 |
| Subject |
Talusan, Meredith -- Childhood and youth.
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Harvard University -- Students -- Biography.
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Transgender youth -- United States -- Biography.
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Transgender women -- United States -- Biography.
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Filipino American youth -- Biography.
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Gay college students -- Massachusetts -- Biography.
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Immigrant children -- United States -- Biography.
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Albinos and albinism -- United States -- Biography.
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Albinos and albinism -- Philippines -- Biography.
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Gender identity -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
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| ISBN |
9780525561309 (hardcover) |
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0525561307 (hardcover) |
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