I have always been me : a memoir / Precious Brady-Davis.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Topple Books : Little A, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 236 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, portraits ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781542044301
- 1542044308
- 9781542044318
- 1542044316
- I've always been me
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Biography | BRADY-DA P. B812 | Available | 33111010675482 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | Biography | BRADY-DA P. B812 | Available | 33111010563910 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A powerful memoir of independence, releasing the past, and living the dream by award-winning trans advocate Precious Brady-Davis.
Precious Brady-Davis remembers the sense of being singular and grappling with "otherness." Born into traumatic circumstances, Davis was brought up in the Omaha foster care system and the Pentecostal faith. As a biracial, gender-nonconforming kid, she felt displaced. Yet she realized by coming into her identity that she had a purpose all along.
In I Have Always Been Me , Brady-Davis reflects on a childhood of neglect, instability, and abandonment. She reveals her determination to dream through it and shares her profound journey as a trans woman now fully actualized, absolutely confident, and precious. She speaks to anyone who has ever tried to find their place in this world and imparts the wisdom that comes with surmounting odds and celebrating on the other side.
A memoir, a love story, and an outreach for the marginalized, Precious's sojourn is a song of self-reliance and pride and an invitation to join in the chorus.
Trans woman Precious Brady-Davis recalls her childhood growing up in the Omaha foster care system and Pentecostal faith as a biracial, gender-nonconforming child.
Early family trouble -- A family divided -- Church offers a glimpse of hope -- Which house is a home? -- Churches, drama, and more houses -- Breakthroughs -- An education -- A new kind of family -- Time for a change -- Work with purpose -- Settling in to joy -- Epilogue: Three years later.
Born into traumatic circumstances, Brady-Davis was brought up in the Omaha foster care system and the Pentecostal faith. As a biracial, gender-nonconforming kid, she felt displaced, but has come to realize that she had a purpose all along. Here Brady-Davis reflects on a childhood of neglect, instability, and abandonment. She reveals her determination to dream through it and shares her profound journey as a trans woman now fully actualized, absolutely confident, and precious. In relating her sojourn as a song of self-reliance and pride, she offers an invitation to join in the chorus. -- adapted from jacket