Overview
When Cris Beam moved to Los Angeles, she thought she might volunteer just a few hours at a school for gay and transgender kids. Instead, she found herself drawn deeply into the pained and powerful group of transgirls she discovered. Transparent introduces four: Christina, Dominique, Foxxjazell, and Ariel. As they accept Cris into their world, she shows it to us--a dizzying mix of familiar teenage cliques and crushes and far less familiar challenges, such as how to morph your body on a few dollars a day. Funny, heartbreaking, defiant, and sometimes defeated, the girls form a singular community. But they struggle valiantly to resolve the gap between the way they feel inside and the way the world sees them--and who among us can't identify with that? Beam's astute reporting, sensitive writing, and passionate engagement with her characters place this book in the ranks of the very best narrative nonfiction.
Full Product Details
Author: Cris Beam
Publisher: HarperOne
Imprint: HarperOne
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.386kg
ISBN: 9780156033770
ISBN 10: 0156033771
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 14 January 2008
Recommended Age: From 14 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
PRAISE FOR TRANSPARENT Beam knows how to tell a story. Her tone is evocative and warm. Her style grabs the reader at once . . . [ Transparent ] is also a love story about one young woman reaching out and helping another one claim her place in the world. -- San Francisco Chronicle <br> From the first breezy, confident paragraph of this nonfiction tale of transgender teens, you know you're in for a compelling journey--and you know it's with a guide you can trust. Beam . . . does justice to an oft-misrepresented topic, thanks to her reporter's chops and gift for storytelling . . . Deeply felt and well-informed, Transparent tells its story from a sharp and fresh perspective. -- Time Out New York
PRAISE FOR TRANSPARENT Beam knows how to tell a story. Her tone is evocative and warm. Her style grabs the reader at once . . .[ Transparent ] is also a love story about one young woman reaching out and helping another one claim her place in the world. -- San Francisco Chronicle From the first breezy, confident paragraph of this nonfiction tale of transgender teens, you know you're in for a compelling journey--and you know it's with a guide you can trust. Beam . . . does justice to an oft-misrepresented topic, thanks to her reporter's chops and gift for storytelling . . . Deeply felt and well-informed, Transparent tells its story from a sharp and fresh perspective. -- Time Out New York
PRAISE FOR TRANSPARENT   Beam knows how to tell a story. Her tone is evocative and warm. Her style grabs the reader at once . . . [ Transparent ] is also a love story about one young woman reaching out and helping another one claim her place in the world. -- San Francisco Chronicle <br> <br> From the first breezy, confident paragraph of this nonfiction tale of transgender teens, you know you're in for a compelling journey--and you know it's with a guide you can trust. Beam . . . does justice to an oft-misrepresented topic, thanks to her reporter's chops and gift for storytelling . . . Deeply felt and well-informed, Transparent tells its story from a sharp and fresh perspective. -- Time Out New York
Author Information
Cris Beam is the author of several award-winning books, including To The End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care, and Transparent: Love, Family and Living the T with Transgender Teenagers. Her journalism has been featured in several national magazines and on public radio. Beam teaches creative writing at Columbia, NYU, and Bayview Women's Correctional Facility and lives in New York City.
