Trans : A Memoir by Jacques, Juliet lifestyle & craft

Trans : A Memoir by Jacques, Juliet lifestyle & craftAuthor: Jacques, Juliet Memoirs Published on 15 November 2016 by Verso Books in the United Kingdom. Paperback 320 pages 131 x 198 x 26 260g In July 2012, aged thirty, Juliet Jacques underwent sex reassignment surgery a process she chronicled with unflinching honesty in a serialised national newspaper column. Trans tells of her life to the present moment: a story of growing up, of defining yourself, and of the rapidly changing world of gender politics.

At the core of this transformation Foucault found the principles of the 'care of the self': the belief that the self is an object of knowledge to be cultivated over time

' Hopelessly in love with the most beautiful girl on the street

What emerges is a vivid mix of memoir and social history

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021Shortlisted for the 2022 National Book Critics' Circle John Leonard Prize for best first bookAs heard on BBC Radio 4's Front Row'A voraciously knowing

'Possibly the best book I've read all year

Brian O Nuallain

aware his demise is imminent

With the help of her dead sister

offering profound new understandings

‘Addictive… Grace Bernard is one of the most intriguing and bewitching protagonists I've read in years’ EMMA GANNON

or a flavoursome dish that can be prepared ahead and then served when you’re ready

Published on 23 February 2018 by Autonomedia (Semiotext (E)) in the United States as part of 'the Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series' series