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Who knew Munroe Bergdorf was such a high profile celeb? I certainly didn't before reading her memoir. She was surprisingly candid in her story of growing up a black trans woman in the UK. The first half of the book felt like reading about an authentic queer life, and not of a "model origin story". This is something I really appreciate. I felt I was listening to a friend talk about their struggles on a very intimate manner. The latter part of the book was then an eye opening criticism of being a black trans woman in the modelling industry.

Thank you to LIBRO for the advanced listening copy of this audiobook.

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

_hex_libris's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

melinc's review

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I love Munroe Bergdorf so I was interested to get a glimpse into her life story. Throughout the book she connects the Trans experience and transitioning to other aspects of life that are so universal.
If you have been following her and her career and activism, her writing in Transitional feels very much like her voice and style. I wouldn't have been mad at a much longer book and I get the feeling that this book is just the first of many.