This memoir begins when Sarah McBride is student body president at American University. In 2016, Sarah “came out” as a transgender woman. Since childhood, Sarah had known she was a girl not the male gender assigned at birth. Sarah has also known since childhood that she wanted to be in politics. Sarah earned an internship in the O’Bama White House—specifically in the Office of Public Engagement focusing on LGBTQ issues. Shortly after Sarah meets the transgender man who will eventually become her husband, Andy Cray, a lawyer and nationwide advocate for LGBTQ health care .

They are living a charmed life—both are advocates and their families support their choice to choose their true identities. This life was interrupted when Andy was diagnosed with cancer. Sarah’s recount of the illness on their relationship is heartbreaking. Her career as a public spokesperson for the LGBTQ community is a lesson in hope. She also had the opportunity to participate in Hilary Clinton’s presidential campaign, including being the first transgender person to speak at a national political convention.

This is a tender story of love and loss, failure and success, informative of the discrimination and persecution of trans people. I highly recommend to other readers.

“We must never be a country that says there’s only one way to love, only one way to look, and only one way to live.” ― Sarah McBride, Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality