“Between Shadow and Sun: A Husband's Journey Through Gender” by Tina Madison White is a deeply moving exploration of identity, love, and transformation. The book follows Tom, a man who had built a successful career helping companies implement change while maintaining the role of a devoted husband and father.
His wife, Mary, affectionately described him as her knight in shining armor, yet behind the façade of a successful life and a happy family, Tom harbored a secret that had haunted him for decades. Torn between the man he presented to the world and the woman he felt inside, he lived in quiet anguish, asking for any answer other than the truth of his gender. This memoir chronicles Tina’s journey from confusion and repression toward embracing her identity as a woman, examining the complex interplay between personal authenticity and the bonds of family. It is a story that wrestles with profound questions about selfhood and the power of love to endure in the face of life-altering change.
