Jennifer Finney Boylan writes from her heart with empathy and humour. Her thoughts and feelings about transformation, both in gender and soul, are deep and passionate. With her latest book she includes stories she has shared before, as well as new issues put before us as this issue has become a political hotbutton.

Also in this book is her transformation as a parent, as her son becomes her daughter, and musings on parenting a trans son or daughter. She seems mostly to be preaching to the choir. She makes attempts to discuss the historical and literal inclusion of trans people for centuries, mainly to court the interest of those uninterested or opposed to transitioning, and parents who have negative reactions to their child coming out as trans. But that's a whole other book (which, hopefully, she will write).

Returning to the topic of what it means to identify as female or male, and the myriad ways people approach this, is articulate and probing.

Thanks to NetGalley for the eARC.