{"product_id":"the-bold-world-a-memoir-of-family-and-transformation-paperback","title":"The Bold World: A Memoir of Family and Transformation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJodie Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by her transgender son, activist Jodie Patterson explores identity, gender, race, and authenticity to tell the real-life story of a family's history and transformation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A courageous and poetic testimony on family and the self, and the learning and unlearning we must do for those we love.\"--Janet Mock\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2009, Jodie Patterson, mother of five and beauty entrepreneur, has her world turned upside down when her determined toddler, Penelope, reveals, \"Mama, I'm not a girl. I am a boy.\" The Pattersons are a tribe of unapologetic Black matriarchs, scholars, financiers, Southern activists, artists, musicians, and disruptors, but with Penelope's revelation, Jodie realizes her existing definition of family isn't wide enough for her child's needs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Bold World\u003c\/i\u003e, we witness Patterson reshaping her own attitudes, beliefs, and biases, learning from her children, and a whole new community, how to meet the needs of her transgender son. In doing so, she opens the minds of those who raised and fortified her, all the while challenging cultural norms and gender expectations. Patterson finds that the fight for racial equality in which her ancestors were so prominent helped pave the way for the current gender revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Georgia to South Carolina, Ghana to Brooklyn, Patterson learns to remove the division between me and you, us and them, straight and queer--and she reminds us to celebrate her uncle Gil Scott Heron's prophecy that the revolution will not be televised. It will happen deeply, unequivocally, inside each and every one of us. Transition, we learn, doesn't just belong to the transgender person. Transition, for the sake of knowing more and becoming more, is the responsibility of and gift to all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bold World\u003c\/i\u003e is the result, an intimate and exquisite story of authenticity, courage, and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bold World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eThe Bold World\u003c\/i\u003e, Jodie Patterson makes a case for respecting everyone's gender identity by way of showing how she came to accept her son, Penelope. In tying that struggle to the struggle for race rights in this country during her own childhood, she paints a vivid picture of the permanent work of social justice.\"\u003cb\u003e--Andrew Solomon, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Noonday Demon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFar from the Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJodie Patterson \u003c\/b\u003eis a social activist, entrepreneur, and writer. She has been lauded for her activist work by Hillary Clinton, \u003ci\u003eThe Advocate, Family Circle, Essence, Cosmopolitan, \u003c\/i\u003eand Yahoo!, among others. She sits on the board of a number of\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003egender\/family\/human rights organizations, including the Human Rights Campaign, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand is a sought-after public speaker addressing a wide range of audiences about\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eidentity, gender, beauty, and entrepreneurship. Patterson was appointed by the United Nations as a Champion of Change and, perhaps most impressively, she is a former circus acrobat who performed in the Big Apple Circus. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, where she co-parents her five children with love, education, and family solidarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755743412512,"sku":"9780399179037","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fbdd33e529d390b015d82843bb186cb9.webp?v=1780067529","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-bold-world-a-memoir-of-family-and-transformation-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}