This was really enjoyable.

The best part of this is how emotional it is. McBride had me tearing up at multiple points, about several different topics. She's fantastic at drawing that kind of pain and happiness out of her writing. Her husband's death is heartbreaking, her interactions with trans children are hopeful, her own story of transition is powerful. I highly recommend for that alone. Memoirs that hit your emotions that hard are so much more powerful.

It's so hopeful while at the same time covering her personal story that was often heartbreaking. I'm glad she has a great relationship with her parents now, but it broke my heart at the beginning when they reacted so poorly to her coming out.

The politics are good, but kind of general and not especially groundbreaking. I enjoyed hearing about her experience advancing legislation in Delaware (she's now a state senator in Delaware) and working as a trans rights advocate. I kind of wish she'd gone into a little more detail on her advocacy work and the day to day of her jobs, but it was still really well done regardless.

I also had a great time with the audiobook. It's read by McBride and she does a fantastic job narrating, so I'd highly recommend reading it that way.

Great book by someone with a wonderful story to tell. I would highly recommend.

I am awed that a person in their mid-20’s could have lived an eventful enough life to write not just a memoir, but a riveting one. As a therapist who works with transgender clients, I have a front row view of the many obstacles and injustices, big and small, that trans people face every day. This book does a beautiful job of explaining all of those obstacles clearly, succinctly, and empathetically for an audience that might not be as familiar with them. The inside view of state house debates on LGBTQ+ bills was particularly interesting. But more than anything, I think this book is a love story. The relationship between the author and her husband is an extraordinarily beautiful one. I would label this a must-read.