{"product_id":"a-girlhood-a-letter-to-my-transgender-daughter","title":"A Letter to My Transgender Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Carolyn Hays's child made clear to the family that they were all wrong, he was not a boy, but, in fact, a girl, the Hays shifted pronouns, adopted a nickname and encouraged her to dress as she felt comfortable. One ordinary day, a caseworker from the Department of Children and Families knocked on their door to investigate an anonymous complaint about the upbringing of their transgender child.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt was this threat that instilled in them a deep-seated fear for their child's safety in the Republican state they called home. And so they uprooted their lives to the more trans-accepting Northeast United States, though they were never far from the hate and fear resting at the nation's core. Intimate and thought-provoking, \u003cem\u003eA Letter to My Transgender\u003c\/em\u003e Daughter is an ode to Hays's brilliant, brave child, as well as a cathartic revisit of the pain of the past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt tells of the brutal truths of being trans, of the sacrificial nature of motherhood, and of the lengths a family will go to shield their youngest from the cruel realities of the world. Hays asks us all to love better, for children everywhere enduring injustice and prejudice just as they begin to understand themselves. \u003cem\u003eA Letter to My Transgender Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e is a celebration of difference, a plea for empathy, a hope for a better future, but moreover, it is a love letter to a child who has always known herself and is waiting for the rest of the world to catch up.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOriginally published as \u003cem\u003eA Girlhood: A Letter to My Transgender Daughter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Carolyn Hays","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43728979067137,"sku":"9781529064506","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-2023-10-12T124055.279.png?v=1697110866","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/a-girlhood-a-letter-to-my-transgender-daughter","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}