Monday Moonings is a weekly meme here on my blog featuring new books or authors, mostly self-published authors. :)
Hi guys! It's Monday again, and I think it's been two or three weeks since my last Monday Mooning post. Anyway, today we have on the blog The book Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite by Lianne Simon. The title itself holds the subject of the story. Check out the rest of the blurb. And dont't forget to enter the giveaway! Yes, there's a GIVEAWAY. :)) The publishers are kind enough to give away one copy of the novel to US/Canadian addresses only.
Title: Cnfessions of a Teenage HermaphroditeAuthor: Lianne Simon
Publisher: Faie Miss Press
Published on: September 18, 2012
Jamie was born with one testis, one ovary, and a pixie face. He can be like other boys after minor surgery and a few years on testosterone. At least that's what his parents always say. But he sees an elfin princess in the mirror and male hormones would only turn her into a hairy little monster. To become the man his parents expect, he must put behind him the hopes and dreams of a little girl.
At sixteen, the four-foot-eleven soprano leaves home school for a boys' dorm at college. The elfin princess can live in the books Jameson reads and nobody has to know he isn't like the other boys. But then a medical student tells Jamie that he should have been raised female. Suppressed childhood memories stir and Jamie begins a perilous journey to adulthood. The elfin princess can thrive, but will she risk losing her family and her education for a boyfriend who may leave her, and a toddler she may never be allowed to adopt?
About the Author:
Lianne Simon’s father was a dairy farmer and an engineer, her mother a nurse. She grew up in a home filled with love and good books.
Tiny and frail, Lianne struggled physically, but excelled at her studies. In 1970, she was awarded a scholarship to the University of Miami, from which she graduated in 1973. Fond memories of her time there remain with her.
Some years later, after living in several states, and spending time abroad, Lianne settled in to the suburbs north of Atlanta, where she now lives with her husband and their cat.
While seeking answers to her own genetic anomalies, Lianne met a family whose daughter was born with one testis and one ovary. As a result of that encounter, she spent more than a decade answering inquiries on behalf of a support group for the parents of such children.
Lianne hopes that writing this book will, in some small way, contribute to the welfare of children born between the sexes.
GIVEAWAY TIME!
One paperback copy of the book
US/Canada only
a Rafflecopter giveaway
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