The story told in She’s My Dad! by Dolly Roquette unfolds with the intensity of a life lived at its very edges, a life illuminated by moments of shimmering joy and shadowed by despair that feels bottomless. Roquette’s book is presented as a deeply personal testimony, written from the perspective of a woman standing on the brink of her long awaited rebirth. It offers an intimate look at the process of transitioning, tracing her journey through the complicated terrain of self discovery, societal expectation, personal liberation, and profound vulnerability. What emerges is a narrative that is as raw as it is reflective, filled with emotional depth and unflinching honesty.
Roquette writes from the threshold of a moment she has fought toward for years, poised at the end of her Real Life Experience and waiting to be taken into surgery for gender reassignment. In that suspended instant she looks back at the road she has traveled, a road that has been winding, treacherous, exhilarating, and transformative. Her account captures the surreal feeling of living in a body that she has worked tirelessly to align with her identity, knowing that she is only a heartbeat away from a step that will forever change her relationship with herself and the world around her.
