"30 courageous, open, and unsparing letters describing the life and change of a transgender person in Germany between 1958 and 2000. 30 fictitious letters that Michaela Lindner never sent. But letters to people who really exist. Michaela Lindner has not changed any names or places. The 30 letters thus become a kind of "diary", but in annual and monthly steps. They are documentation of a life, psychogram of a human being, and an indictment of our society. But also an incentive to realize yourself and live your dream!
Michaela Lindner describes the deep pain, the suicidal thoughts, the despair, but also -- and this with truly heartfelt devotion, writing, and enthusiasm -- the love, affection, and support she experienced as she began her transition from man to woman. And Michaela Lindner does this in public. In her first life as a man, she was the mayor of Quellendorf. In the middle of life, in politics and publicity. And almost as a gift to herself, for his 40th birthday, Lindner lives, suffers, and fights through the rebirth as a woman: a new body, a new gender role, a new love. Michaela Lindner's book is not a "coming out" novel."
