Truth Be Told Adam Becomes Audrey eBook Alexandra Bogdanovic
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Synopsis
Chastity Bono is now Chaz. Her decision to “become” a man made headlines around the world, but she is not alone. Transgender men and women frequently appear on television talk shows and reality programs to share their stories. By doing so, they inevitably get the attention they seek, but not necessarily the kind of attention they want.
While some come forth in an effort to promote tolerance, acceptance and understanding in mainstream society, their decision to live as—or in some cases have surgery to become—the opposite gender often sparks curiosity and more visceral reactions born out of ignorance.
But this is the other side of the story.
Truth Be Told Adam Becomes Audrey is a tragedy, a comedy, and a love story. It is my story. In vivid detail, I recall how I met, fell in love with, and married the man of my dreams, only to find that he self-identified as and wanted to become a woman. Read what happened after I learned the truth.
About the Author
Originally from the New York City suburbs, Alexandra Bogdanovic is an award-winning reporter based in Connecticut. Her next book is based on her father’s life as a staunch anti-Communist and political refugee in post-World War II Europe.
Publisher’s websitehttp//sbpra.com/AlexandraBogdanovic
Truth Be Told Adam Becomes Audrey eBook Alexandra Bogdanovic
Alexandra Bogdanovic's Truth Be Told Adam Becomes Audrey was a fascinating read. It provided a glimpse of an ordinary couple's life that very suddenly became anything but ordinary. After a satisfying courtship and several happy years of marriage to Adam, Alexandra, at a counselor's office, is suddenly faced with the news that her husband is really a woman.Alexandra is, for many years following this disclosure, quite angry about the unexpected turn her life has taken. She feels that fate has treated her unfairly and that she has been somehow shortchanged. However, toward the end of the book, Alexandra, in her effort to turn her story into a book, decided to do some research and she finds the Human Rights Campaign. It provides her with all of the information that she needs to open her mind sufficiently to feel compassion for what Adam, and other transgender people, must typically endure in life. She learns of the way that family and society largely ostracizes these individuals, how violence is very often directed at them, how they are regularly, and often legally, fired from jobs, and how general intolerance toward them is rampant.
Somehow, in understanding these concepts about the difficulties that her ex-husband, now Audrey, must have experienced as he grew up, Alexandra's compassion is reignited and she eventually finds her way back to a state of peace.
I learned quite a bit from Truth Be Told Adam Becomes Audrey that will stay with me. This true story is a worthwhile glimpse into how an ordinary woman deals with extraordinary circumstances.
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Truth Be Told Adam Becomes Audrey eBook Alexandra Bogdanovic Reviews
I bought this for the story, but the author is not a writer. There were mostly minutea about being late to parties and the smallest details about her personal life instead of discussing the relationship and the impact on both of them.
A tragic story, and one that I couldn't put down. After a couple of years of marriage to the man of her dreams, the author learns that her husband is transgender, and is planning sex-change surgery. Alexandra Bogdanovic tells her story with eloquence and candor, and the pain she experienced, and continues to experience, is evident on every page. Her life would have been interesting anyway; a career in journalism, and the many events she witnessed and people she knew, would have provided a good story by themselves. But her shock at the betrayal of her husband, her inability to trust following that betrayal, and her efforts to rebuild her life, all draw the reader in.
As I concluded the book, I hoped that Ms. Bogdanovic is able to find the fulfillment and contentment she thought she'd found when she married Adam, so many years ago.
In "Truth Be Told" we follow Alexandra as she comes to terms with the extraordinary revelation by her husband, Adam, that emotionally and psychologically he is not a man, but a woman, and he intends in future to live and identify as a woman. She is devastated and feels betrayed. The trust she had in Adam and her marriage is destroyed, her dreams of children and a family life with him are obliterated. She is angry, not because Adam is transgender - that is something over which he has no control - but because he didn't tell her when they were dating, and encouraged her devotion to him and led her to believe in a family future with him. Divorce was inevitable, for the man she knew and loved was gone, and the woman that replaced him more a stranger than a friend. But Alexandra pushes forward, submerging herself in her work as a journalist, seeking to fill the vacuum and loneliness that has engulfed her. Her story shows how a momentous decision by one person - such as a radical change life's direction - can shatter the lives of those close to them. Even ten years after her husband's disclosure, Alexandra still feels the lingering disappointment from betrayal of trust, and this frustrates her confidence in forging new relationships. This is predominantly a personal story of her own experience, however, Alexandra, in researching transgender lives, uncovers some shocking stories of discrimination and harassment and we learn that many transgender people have been horribly brutalised. In a conformist world there is always a price to pay for nonconformity, but the heavy price paid by our transgender friends and neighbours makes us realise how important it must be for them to live true to their identity. "Truth be Told" ends on an uplifting note, the author striding forward with new resolve to get on with her life and make the most of it. However, the reader is left with a lingering sense of the inner frailty of mankind protected by an outer toughness and courage urging one to fight on. There is honesty and kindness in this book, and a belief in fairness and justice in the way this story is told. Perhaps this comes, in part, from the author's discipline as a journalist, and in part from her background which is revealed to us in scenes from her childhood and growing up. A remarkable story, skilfully told. A slice of a life all should read.
Alexandra Bogdanovic's Truth Be Told Adam Becomes Audrey was a fascinating read. It provided a glimpse of an ordinary couple's life that very suddenly became anything but ordinary. After a satisfying courtship and several happy years of marriage to Adam, Alexandra, at a counselor's office, is suddenly faced with the news that her husband is really a woman.
Alexandra is, for many years following this disclosure, quite angry about the unexpected turn her life has taken. She feels that fate has treated her unfairly and that she has been somehow shortchanged. However, toward the end of the book, Alexandra, in her effort to turn her story into a book, decided to do some research and she finds the Human Rights Campaign. It provides her with all of the information that she needs to open her mind sufficiently to feel compassion for what Adam, and other transgender people, must typically endure in life. She learns of the way that family and society largely ostracizes these individuals, how violence is very often directed at them, how they are regularly, and often legally, fired from jobs, and how general intolerance toward them is rampant.
Somehow, in understanding these concepts about the difficulties that her ex-husband, now Audrey, must have experienced as he grew up, Alexandra's compassion is reignited and she eventually finds her way back to a state of peace.
I learned quite a bit from Truth Be Told Adam Becomes Audrey that will stay with me. This true story is a worthwhile glimpse into how an ordinary woman deals with extraordinary circumstances.
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