Carolyn Hays Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

It is an almost ordinary family: a father, a mother, four funny and intelligent children with strong personalities. The house, in a small town in the southern United States, is noisy and full of life. The youngest is a boy weighing 3.1 kg, whose arrival is celebrated by all. As soon as he could speak, he told his family they were wrong: he was a girl. Loving and courageous, the family rallies, abandoning the masculine name and opting for a neutral nickname. Life goes on until one day, a child welfare investigator knocks on their door. Thus begins the story of how you became my daughter, a life narrative and letter from a mother to her child who has become a thirteen-year-old girl. Faced with this challenge that affects an increasing number of parents, this mother embarks on a vast investigation. From the delicate and complex architecture of the brain to the existence of transgender individuals throughout history, from ancient China to Joan of Arc, as well as the long history of drag balls, botany, feminism, and phantom limbs, Carolyn Hays celebrates the richness of the transition between genders, of metamorphosis.

A parents deeply moving love letter to a daughter who has always known exactly who she is.