Christine Beatty's memoir chronicles her evolution from collegiate husband to transsexual woman, recovery from addiction and prostitution, and the achievement of her most improbable dreams. Set mostly in the purgatory of San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, her story guides readers on an intimate journey through the subcultures of hippies, strippers, soldiers, urban transsexuals, prostitutes, addicts, jail, skid row and finally recovery. Ascending against all odds in her career, she is also a pioneering rock musician, a controversial journalist and a survivor of the worst pandemic of the 1980s. Told with the unflinching honesty of someone with nothing left to hide, the humor of a survivor who discovers silver linings in the darkest clouds, and the spirit of a rebel who refuses to be broken.
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An updated, 106 page re-release of Christine Beatty's 1993 collection of poignantly vivid sometimes brutal short stories and poetry, a semi-autobiographical perky, suicidal plunge into transsexual transition in mid-1980s San Francisco. This book takes the reader to a place most people never see, a poignant peek into the twilight world of San Francisco's meanest district, and a personal transformation of self-awareness and shocking discoveries in a world of prostitution, spiraling addiction and borderline insanity, and the beginnings of redemption. Illustrated by transsexual surrealist Nola Van Della and seasoned with photos from back in the day and around the 'hood.
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Christine Beatty's original 1993 collection of vivid sometimes brutal short stories and poetry based on her first transsexual transition 1n mid-1980s San Francisco, a life of prostitution, drug addiction and living on the edge. Filled with graphic descriptions of love and life gone awry, this collection of short works is a compelling look at a world few people have known, a poignant peek into the twilight world of San Francisco's meanest district. Illustrated by transsexual surrealist Nola Van Della. WE HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF THIS TITLE LEFT. IT WILL NOT BE REPRINTED.
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