{"product_id":"becoming-nicole-the-inspiring-story-of-transgender-actor-activist-nicole-maines-and-her-extraordinary-family-paperback","title":"Becoming Nicole: The Inspiring Story of Transgender Actor-Activist Nicole Maines and Her Extraordinary Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Ellis Nutt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicole appears as TV's first transgender superhero on CW's \u003ci\u003eSupergirl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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, \u003ci\u003eBecoming Nicole \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003e- One of the Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e - A Stonewall Honor Book in Nonfiction - Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating and enlightening.\"\u003cb\u003e--Cheryl Strayed\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you aren't moved by \u003ci\u003eBecoming Nicole, \u003c\/i\u003e I'd suggest there's a lump of dark matter where your heart should be.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Exceptional . . . 'Stories move the walls that need to be moved, ' Nicole told her father last year. In telling Nicole's story and those of her brother and parents luminously, and with great compassion and intelligence, that is exactly what Amy Ellis Nutt has done here.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A profoundly moving true story about one remarkable family's evolution.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBecoming Nicole\u003c\/i\u003e is a miracle. It's the story of a family struggling with--and embracing--a transgender child. But more than that, it's about accepting one another, and ourselves, in all our messy, contradictory glory.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jennifer Finney Boylan, former co-chair of GLAAD and author of \u003ci\u003eShe's Not There: A Life in Two Genders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Ellis Nutt\u003c\/b\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize in 2011 for her feature series \"The Wreck of the Lady Mary,\" about the 2009 sinking of a fishing boat off the New Jersey coast. She is a health and science writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e the author of \u003ci\u003eShadows Bright as Glass, \u003c\/i\u003e and the co-author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Teenage Brain\u003c\/i\u003e. She was a Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University, a Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton, and an instructor of journalism at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She lives in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757746061600,"sku":"9780812995435","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/eaab606174e186082b8f2332269c82ac.webp?v=1780110765","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/becoming-nicole-the-inspiring-story-of-transgender-actor-activist-nicole-maines-and-her-extraordinary-family-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}