Rachel Love - My Journey from Richard to Rachel

2013, English, Rachel Love,

Full title: "Things My Mother Should Have Told Me Before I had My Manhood Removed: My Journey from Richard to Rachel"

"Experiences and perspectives on equality from a first hand account. This book answers the question "Are women really treated that much different than men at work, home, and in the bedroom"? This account of my life as a transsexual will take the sheets of this question."

I interviewed Rachel in 2014, and this is what she told me about this book: "Friends have been after me for years to write about my life and experiences that lead up to where I am now. This book is a part of that path. I started to write many times the story of my childhood and stopped before finishing. The past has a way of haunting me and the memories and feelings resurface when I write. So I had allowed the ghosts of my past to discourage me and I stopped writing it many times over the years.

Over those same years, I have had people offer to help write it for me. But then they fail to do so. So just before I wrote the book “Things My Mother Should Have Told Me.” I was working with another author to finally write my childhood story. Unfortunately or fortunately the results were a partially finished book. But what that half-filled out story did do was to break the bonds of my fear about writing and I was able to write this book about my experiences as a transwoman.

I wanted to share with others the things I experienced as a woman that I was completely unaware of when I started down the rabbit hole of transition. My experiences allowed me to see the gap between the genders. The almost invisible fences that have been built are so hurtful for those trapped behind them. Fences that many people have had to struggle over to find their truth and happiness.

I learned a lot about life along my journey. We all learn as we live our lives and my life is no different than most. But I will be honest that I could have saved myself and others a great deal of pain if I had a clearer understanding of the consequences of my decision to change my gender. Many times I was confused and lost and when some honest answers would have been helpful I only got sugar-coated answers. Answers that proved to be false in most instances. So I wanted to share as openly and truthful my experiences in my books and on my shows and speaking engagements. That way someone taking this path could learn from my mistakes and my successes."

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and The Heroines of My Life