A Letter to My Transgender Daughter

Stunning … Built like a thriller, moving, wise and illuminated on every page with love’ – Joanne Harris, author of ChocolatHays’s story is about more than the transgender question: it’s about ignorance and wisdom; hatred and love; men, women, and children. In the end, [A Letter to My Transgender Daughter] is about all of us. – Jennifer Finney Boylan, author of She’s Not There and Good BoyIt’s impossible to read this book and not root for the fierce, human, beautiful family at its center and the daughter that they - ‘like tanks’ - protect against those who try to steal her joy. – Beth Ann Fennelly, author of Great with Child: Letters to a Young Mother‘I saw facets of my own trans identity I’d never pondered, questions about the construction of self I’d never even thought to pose … An act of epic compassion. – Diana Goetsch, author of This Body I WoreTouching, combative, compelling … this memoir begins with the suspense of a thriller and ends with hope * Vogue (Italy) *An important and moving book, which traverses family bonds, change, courage, politics, rights, faith and reason … dictated by a love that will not accept compromises. * La Repubblica *An incredibly poignant and timely story for trans families everywhere. I wish my parents had access to these words, stories, and beautiful thoughts while raising me – Tommy Dorfman

Carolyn Hays is an award-winning, critically acclaimed, bestselling author who has chosen to publish A Girlhood: A Letter to My Transgender Daughter under a pen name to protect the privacy of her family. Her past books have been listed as New York Times Notable Books of the Year and Kirkus’s Best Fiction of the Year, and have been widely translated. She’s written for National Public Radio and The Washington Post.