'This book is as sharp as razors, but it also pulses with a passionate, desperate, human urgency for truth and liberation. I am deeply grateful to have read it' Elizabeth Gilbert
As the daughter of two well-to-do English parents and the wife of a handsome, successful man, Oliver Radclyffe checked off every box - marriage, children (four), a white-picket fence surrounding a stately home in Connecticut and a golden retriever named Biscuit.
But beneath the shiny veneer, Oliver was desperately trying to stay afloat - his hair was falling out in clumps, he couldn't eat and his mood swings often brought him to tears. And then, on an otherwise unremarkable afternoon, Oliver Radclyffe woke up and realized the life of a trapped housewife was not for him. In fact, Oliver had spent his entire life denying the deepest, truest parts of himself.
Despite the challenges he faced, leaving a marriage and reintroducing himself to his children, Oliver realized there was no way for him to go back to the beautiful lie of his previous life. Not if he wanted to survive.
Frighten the Horses is a trans man's coming of age story, about a housewife who initially comes out as a lesbian and tentatively, at first, steps into the world of queerness. With growing courage and the support of his newfound community, Oliver is finally able to face the question of his gender identity and become the man he is supposed to be.
"This book is consistently frank, vulnerable, perspicacious and insightful, covering an impressive variety of aspects of the transgender experience in intimate, lyrical language and dry, compassionate humour. The author's analysis of privilege is particularly refreshing, as is his description of transitioning as a parent. A stunning memoir about discovering one's identity late in life." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"
Radclyffe's moving devotion to his children ("I didn't so much guide them as encourage them to
guide themselves") lends the resonant coming-out narrative additional weight. Bolstered by poetic prose
and offhanded candor, this story of late-in-life self-acceptance deserves a wide audience
" - Publishers Weekly
"It's the voice that makes this memoir stand out. This is a writer who can capture any moment with a dazzling, insightful, at times musical phrase." - Oprah Daily
"There's great power in Radclyffe's vulnerable and generous portrayal of his trans experience...readers will be grateful for it" - Booklist
"Enjoyable to read and well-written...Radclyffe writes movingly about parenting and the emotional risks of every step he takes toward affirming his maleness...[A]s a testament to midlife transition - especially in a time when so much of the cultural conversation around gender rights focuses on young people - Radclyffe's memoir offers a valuable alternate narrative to the loss and pain that queer history has too often insisted on" - New York Times
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As the daughter of two well-to-do English parents and the wife of a handsome, successful man, Oliver Radclyffe checked off every box - marriage, children (four), a white-picket fence surrounding a stately home in Connecticut and a golden retriever named Biscuit.
But beneath the shiny veneer, Oliver was desperately trying to stay afloat - his hair was falling out in clumps, he couldn't eat and his mood swings often brought him to tears. And then, on an otherwise unremarkable afternoon, Oliver Radclyffe woke up and realized the life of a trapped housewife was not for him. In fact, Oliver had spent his entire life denying the deepest, truest parts of himself.
Despite the challenges he faced, leaving a marriage and reintroducing himself to his children, Oliver realized there was no way for him to go back to the beautiful lie of his previous life. Not if he wanted to survive.
Frighten the Horses is a trans man's coming of age story, about a housewife who initially comes out as a lesbian and tentatively, at first, steps into the world of queerness. With growing courage and the support of his newfound community, Oliver is finally able to face the question of his gender identity and become the man he is supposed to be.
"This book is consistently frank, vulnerable, perspicacious and insightful, covering an impressive variety of aspects of the transgender experience in intimate, lyrical language and dry, compassionate humour. The author's analysis of privilege is particularly refreshing, as is his description of transitioning as a parent. A stunning memoir about discovering one's identity late in life." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"
Radclyffe's moving devotion to his children ("I didn't so much guide them as encourage them to
guide themselves") lends the resonant coming-out narrative additional weight. Bolstered by poetic prose
and offhanded candor, this story of late-in-life self-acceptance deserves a wide audience
" - Publishers Weekly
"It's the voice that makes this memoir stand out. This is a writer who can capture any moment with a dazzling, insightful, at times musical phrase." - Oprah Daily
"There's great power in Radclyffe's vulnerable and generous portrayal of his trans experience...readers will be grateful for it" - Booklist
"Enjoyable to read and well-written...Radclyffe writes movingly about parenting and the emotional risks of every step he takes toward affirming his maleness...[A]s a testament to midlife transition - especially in a time when so much of the cultural conversation around gender rights focuses on young people - Radclyffe's memoir offers a valuable alternate narrative to the loss and pain that queer history has too often insisted on" - New York Times
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