DAMARISCOTTA — Acclaimed author Jennifer Finney Boylan will speak at Chats with Champions at 10 a.m. on Aug. 29 in the Porter Meeting Hall of Skidompha Library.
“Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders,” is Boylan’s latest book. It is a memoir about gender and parenting, including interviews discussing gender, how families are shaped, and the difficulties and wonders of being human. “Stuck in the Middle with You” is a meditation on raising — and on being — a child.
A father for 10 years, a mother for eight, and for a time in between, neither, or both, Jennifer Finney Boylan has seen parenthood from both sides of the gender divide. When her two children were young, Boylan came out as transgender. As Jenny transitioned from a man to a woman and from a father to a mother, her family faced unique challenges and questions. In this thoughtful, tear-jerking, hilarious memoir, Jenny asks what it means to be a father, or a mother, and to what extent gender shades our experiences as parents.
“It is my hope,” she writes, “that having a father who became a woman in turn helped my sons become better men.”
“Chats with Champions” is a free community offering. For more information, call 563-5513.
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