{"product_id":"stuck-in-the-middle-with-you-a-memoir-of-parenting-in-three-genders-9780767921763","title":"Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York Times bestseller and acclaimed author Jennifer Finney Boylan returns with a remarkable memoir about gender and parenting  including incredible interviews discussing gender  how families are shaped  and the difficulties and wonders of being human.  A father for ten years  a mother for eight  and for a time in between  neither  or both (\"the parental version of the schnoodle  or the cockapoo\")  Jennifer Finney Boylan has seen parenthood from both sides of the gender divide. When her two children were young  Boylan came out as transgender  and as Jenny transitioned from a man to a woman and from a father to a mother  her family faced unique challenges and questions. In this thoughtful  tear-jerking  hilarious memoir  Jenny asks what it means to be a father  or a mother  and to what extent gender shades our experiences as parents. \"It is my hope \" she writes  \"that having a father who became a woman in turn helped my sons become better men.\" Through both her own story and incredibly insightful interviews with others  including Richard Russo  Edward Albee  Ann Beattie  Augusten Burroughs  Susan Minot  Trey Ellis  Timothy Kreider  and more  Jenny examines relationships with fathers and mothers  peoples memories of the children they were and the parents they became  and the many different ways a family can be. Followed by an Afterword by Anna Quindlen that includes Jenny and her wife discussing the challenges theyve faced and the love they share  Stuck in the Middle with You is a brilliant meditation on raising  and on being  a child.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648022241333,"sku":"ByrdShop_0767921763","price":33.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780767921763.jpg?v=1781706839","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/stuck-in-the-middle-with-you-a-memoir-of-parenting-in-three-genders-9780767921763","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}