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SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
By: Arin Andrews
Simon & Schuster
October 2014
On Sale: September 30, 2014
Featuring: Arin Andrews
ISBN: 1481416758
EAN: 9781481416757
Kindle: B00IBHSBF0
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Seventeen-year-old Arin Andrews shares all the hilarious, painful, and poignant details of undergoing gender reassignment as a high school student in this winning memoir. Weβve all felt uncomfortable in our own skin at some point, and weβve all been told that βitβs just a part of growing up.β But for Arin Andrews, it wasnβt a phase that would pass. He had been born in the body of a girl and there seemed to be no relief in sightβ¦ In this revolutionary memoir, Arin details the journey that led him to make the life-transforming decision to undergo gender reassignment as a high school junior. In his captivatingly witty, honest voice, Arin reveals the challenges he faced as a girl, the humiliation and anger he felt after getting kicked out of his private school, and all the changesβboth mental and physicalβhe experienced once his transition began. Arin also writes about the thrill of meeting and dating a young transgender woman named Katie Hillβ¦and the heartache that followed after they broke up. Some Assembly Required is a true coming-of-age story about knocking down obstacles and embracing family, friendship, and first love. But more than that, it is a reminder that self-acceptance does not come ready-made with a manual and spare parts. Rather, some assembly is always required.
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