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Alyson Books, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 189 pages
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This brave memoir chronicles Pratt's struggle to overcome the repressive traditions of Southern womanhood and live her life honestly. It chronicles her youth, her marriage, her eventual decision to come out as a lesbian, and her life with transgendered activist and author Leslie Feinberg.

Minnie Bruce Pratt is the author of We Say We Love Each Other, Rebellion, Crime Against Nature, Walking Back Up Depot Street, and The Dirt We Ate.

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Page 30
... another woman at the table , “ I bet we've already got great cheesecake at the
table . Why don't you your skirt see ? ” He bends down to try to look at her legs ,
and chuckles . I argue with him until finally I refuse to sit with him and leave . lift
so ...
Page 34
At midnight , when I leave both her and my husband there , I find a mass of white
camellias , snapped from a tall hedge by the driveway , scattered over the
windshield of my car . I know they are her sign to me . I crumple the stiff leaves
and ...
Page 58
Maybe now I look like a young sailor on shore leave , maybe now I look like an
adventure . When I step into her hallway , she stares and says , “ You've cut it so
short . Now people will think you're the butch . ” She turns away without touching
 ...

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User Review  - ehough75 - LibraryThing

Amazing. Loved every aspect of this book. She shows how her thoughts and process have developed and changed over the years with both conversaitons, debates, and encounters with the people she has met ... Read full review

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User Review  - dancingwaves - LibraryThing

An amazing book of vignettes that explore the ideas and intersections of love, sexuality, gender, and identity. A beautiful love letter to her partner, Leslie Feinberg. Read full review

Contents

Gender Quiz
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Pink Dress
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White Camellias
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Copyright

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About the author (2005)

Minnie Bruce Pratt is the author of We Say We Love Each Other, Rebellion, Crime Against Nature, Walking Back Up Depot Street, and The Dirt We Ate.

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TitleS/He
AuthorMinnie Bruce Pratt
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherAlyson Books, 2005
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized21 Jul 2009
ISBN155583888X, 9781555838881
Length189 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Biography & Autobiography / Women
Social Science / LGBT Studies / Lesbian Studies
  
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