Housewife
by Kristin Collier
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Pub Date Nov 04 2016 | Archive Date Mar 24 2017
Description
What would you do if you had to remake yourself after your husband became your wife? Kristin Collier tells her story – at turns hilarious, at turns poignant – in beautiful prose that draws you into the journey of her family’s transformation. By the end, you forget that the story is supposed to be about gender identity – you’re so wrapped up in the humanity of the characters that you lose your inhibitions in Collier’s complex, messy, and graceful world. With wit and wisdom, Collier holds your hand, straps on her apron and leads you into the messy kitchen, where she cooks up a glorious tale of transformation, tradition, and triumph.
The story begins with a happily married, heterosexual couple facing a life-altering house fire, just six weeks after the birth of their second son. In the aftermath of the fire, Collier’s husband wrestles with larger questions of who he is and eventually admits that he can no longer live life as a man. While he transitions to live the rest of his life as a woman, Collier remains supportive, redefining herself as well, while their family “breaks out of the box” over the next several years) ebook, other)
The story begins with a happily married, heterosexual couple facing a life-altering house fire, just six weeks after the birth of their second son. In the aftermath of the fire, Collier’s husband wrestles with larger questions of who he is and eventually admits that he can no longer live life as a man. While he transitions to live the rest of his life as a woman, Collier remains supportive, redefining herself as well, while their family “breaks out of the box” over the next several years) ebook, other)
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Advance Praise
Foreward Reviews:
Housewife is the story of a woman faced with an unimaginable obstacle, and how she found the strength to climb over it.
When Kristin Collier’s husband came out to her as transgender, Kristin did what most people do when faced with the unknown: she went to the Internet. While information regarding gender dysphoria and transition is more widely available than in the past, she had a hard time finding anything that was written from the spouse’s perspective.Through this memoir, Collier offers a candid and heartfelt view of her life after her husband became her wife. Kristin Collier had been married to Fred, now Seda, for ten years before Seda transitioned from living as a male to living as a female. While hindsight offered glimpses of this side of Seda, the news largely took Kristin by surprise.The couple and their two sons began a roller-coaster ride that shot them through largely uncharted territory.
There is an openness and vulnerability to Collier’s writing that feels like sitting down to coffee with a best friend. She writes with vivid and engaging imagery: “Fred scraped at the memory, the trauma, in his mind like it was a fresh leather hide to be tanned and stretched taut to dry in the bright sunlight.”
Seda’s story, and that of other family and friends, is an integral part of this memoir, but the focus is squarely on Kristin. This is her story, as a wife, a mother, friend, confidant, and lover and, most of all, as an individual. It’s an unfettered look at how Seda’s transition affected Kristin’s life and future plans, and how the idea of family transformed in her mind to mean so much more than she ever thought it could.This book was written not only to give a spouse’s view of transition, but also as a resource for anyone who wants to learn more about transgender issues or gain better understanding, in order to become supportive of transfamilies. It is also the story of a woman faced with an unimaginable obstacle, and how she found the strength to climb over it to find a place of contentment, acceptance, and peace on the other side.”
– Christine Canfield, Foreword Review
Housewife is the story of a woman faced with an unimaginable obstacle, and how she found the strength to climb over it.
When Kristin Collier’s husband came out to her as transgender, Kristin did what most people do when faced with the unknown: she went to the Internet. While information regarding gender dysphoria and transition is more widely available than in the past, she had a hard time finding anything that was written from the spouse’s perspective.Through this memoir, Collier offers a candid and heartfelt view of her life after her husband became her wife. Kristin Collier had been married to Fred, now Seda, for ten years before Seda transitioned from living as a male to living as a female. While hindsight offered glimpses of this side of Seda, the news largely took Kristin by surprise.The couple and their two sons began a roller-coaster ride that shot them through largely uncharted territory.
There is an openness and vulnerability to Collier’s writing that feels like sitting down to coffee with a best friend. She writes with vivid and engaging imagery: “Fred scraped at the memory, the trauma, in his mind like it was a fresh leather hide to be tanned and stretched taut to dry in the bright sunlight.”
Seda’s story, and that of other family and friends, is an integral part of this memoir, but the focus is squarely on Kristin. This is her story, as a wife, a mother, friend, confidant, and lover and, most of all, as an individual. It’s an unfettered look at how Seda’s transition affected Kristin’s life and future plans, and how the idea of family transformed in her mind to mean so much more than she ever thought it could.This book was written not only to give a spouse’s view of transition, but also as a resource for anyone who wants to learn more about transgender issues or gain better understanding, in order to become supportive of transfamilies. It is also the story of a woman faced with an unimaginable obstacle, and how she found the strength to climb over it to find a place of contentment, acceptance, and peace on the other side.”
– Christine Canfield, Foreword Review
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About the Author:
Kristin K. Collier is an educator and writer from Eugene, OR. Her words have appeared in The Sun magazine, and her poetry is a front piece for Michael and Kathleen O’Neal Gear’s People of the Sea. She has been teaching Compassionate Communication since 2004. Collier and her spouse were featured in NPR's program, Snap Judgment, in their Valentine's 2012 edition (http://snapjudgment.org/borrowed-dresses). As well, Collier has been urban farming since 2005 and was a keynote speaker for the Eugene Permaculture Gathering in 2007.
Kristin K. Collier is an educator and writer from Eugene, OR. Her words have appeared in The Sun magazine, and her poetry is a front piece for Michael and Kathleen O’Neal Gear’s People of the Sea. She has been teaching Compassionate Communication since 2004. Collier and her spouse were featured in NPR's program, Snap Judgment, in their Valentine's 2012 edition (http://snapjudgment.org/borrowed-dresses). As well, Collier has been urban farming since 2005 and was a keynote speaker for the Eugene Permaculture Gathering in 2007.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780997790108 |
| PRICE | $16.00 (USD) |
