Adult Book Group Reads Becoming Nicole for December 4th or 6th
Amy Ellis Nutt’s Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family is the chosen title for All Booked Up’s discussion on Wednesday, December 4th at 6:30PM or Friday, December 6th at 1:00PM. Copies of the book are available in the upper level “New” room.
About the Book
The inspiring true story of transgender actor and activist Nicole
Maines, whose identical twin brother, Jonas, and ordinary American
family join her on an extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and
celebrate the uniqueness in us all.
When Wayne and Kelly Maines adopted identical twin boys, they thought
their lives were complete. But by the time Jonas and Wyatt were
toddlers, confusion over Wyatt’s insistence that he was female began to
tear the family apart. In the years that followed, the Maineses came to
question their long-held views on gender and identity, to accept Wyatt’s
transition to Nicole, and to undergo a wrenching transformation of
their own, the effects of which would reverberate through their entire
community. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Amy Ellis Nutt spent almost
four years reporting this story and tells it with unflinching honesty,
intimacy, and empathy. In her hands, Becoming Nicole is more than
an account of a courageous girl and her extraordinary family. It’s a
powerful portrait of a slowly but surely changing nation, and one that
will inspire all of us to see the world with a little more humanity and
understanding.
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