Transitions: A Mother's Journey | 
pickI thought this was insightful into an experience that I don‘t often relate to or have grace for, the parent (in this case a mother) of a trans child struggling with their child‘s transition. I just don‘t often have the bandwidth for it. My partner is trans and I‘ve gone through enough nonsense in my own life. To be honest, Anne, the mother here, was extremely frustrating to me. However… ⬇ï¸
psalva …what Durand portrays so well are those moments of realizations and painful, slow growth. By the end, I was rather impressed by the MC when she says of her old journals, “I have trouble relating to who I used to be.†I also really liked the interspersed segments showing the research that the MC was doing about gender, sex, and sexuality. If you can have grace for the struggle portrayed, I think this is a worthwhile read! (edited) 4mo
psalva And thank you @Lindy! I saw this in a recent BookTube video of yours. I‘m glad I gave it a shot. 4mo
Lindy The mother changed a lot, thankfully. It seemed like an honest portrayal, with much resistance at the beginning. 4mo
