S/HeThis 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 Prattis the author ofWe Say We Love Each Other,Rebellion,Crime Against Nature,Walking Back Up Depot Street, andThe Dirt We Ate. |
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... married to a man , had been for almost ten years , and I had two small sons . Everyone was shocked at the turn I was taking in my life , including me . Everyone — from the male lawyer who handled the divorce to my handful of lesbian ...
... married to a man , had been for almost ten years , and I had two small sons . Everyone was shocked at the turn I was taking in my life , including me . Everyone — from the male lawyer who handled the divorce to my handful of lesbian ...
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... married Sunday School teacher whose daughter , later married , had had an affair with a girlfriend , who years later had had an affair with the teacher - mother . There were the boys who either did it with each other or watched the ...
... married Sunday School teacher whose daughter , later married , had had an affair with a girlfriend , who years later had had an affair with the teacher - mother . There were the boys who either did it with each other or watched the ...
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... married out of poverty at fourteen , and left her husband just a year or two ago , in her mid- twenties , my age . I have two children and a husband I married three months out of my teens . I wear my body as awkwardly as I do my clothes ...
... married out of poverty at fourteen , and left her husband just a year or two ago , in her mid- twenties , my age . I have two children and a husband I married three months out of my teens . I wear my body as awkwardly as I do my clothes ...
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