Brianna, a transgender girl in the 1960s, has to hide her true self, especially from her father. In Abomination Child, she seeks acceptance in a changing world. Highly recommended!
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One woman carves out her own destiny and expresses her own truth in this coming-of-age story set in post-World War II, New York City. Vanda utilizes facts and the legal record to reveal that we, as a society, have every ability to be inhumane, but we must never allow ourselves to crush the lights around us, because to do so leaves us all in a bitter darkness.
Dramatically constructed and terrifyingly realistic. This candid memoir is a cry for greater outreach to those who serve in auxiliary roles in times of warfare, who are forced to see and deal with its most horrific effects without acknowledgement.
Make no mistake this is not a children's tale, but a gritty and riveting story of strong female warriors who are fighting for survival of their people.
A Kafkaesque literary trip through the brain of a brutally assaulted teenage boy whose supercharged perceptions expose the secret sins of those he wants to love and hopes to believe in.