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Juliet Jacques is best known for the Guardian's 'Transgender Journey', a column longlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2011. A regular contributor to the New Statesman, she has also written for Granta, TimeOut, Filmwaves, 3am, the London Review of Books, the New Humanist, the New Inquiry, and many other publications. She lives in London.<i>Trans</i> challenges us all, no matter what our gender or sexuality. Ultimately, it makes us look at ourselves, and wonder what price we pay for the identities we assume, or which we have thrust upon us.
- Philip Hoare, New Statesman
Juliet Jacques's <i>Trans</i> ... provides a lyrical exploration of her own gender journey against the background of increasing media interest in transgender issues. Thoughtful and intimate, it's a fine successor to books such as Jan Morris's Conundrum.
- Helen Lewis, Guardian
Powerful and engaging. . . it's hard not to see her as anything other than brave, even as she pushes readers to recognize that what is revolutionary is the very ordinariness of her day-to-day life
New York Times
Brutally honest and funny.
Marie Claire
Provides a lyrical exploration of her own gender journey against the background of increasing media interest in transgender issues. Thoughtful and intimate, it's a fine successor to books such as Jan Morris's Conundrum
Helen Lewis, Guardian, Books of the Year
Challenges us all, no matter what our gender or sexuality. Ultimately, it makes us look at our selves, and wonder what price we pay for the identities we assume, or which we have thrust upon us.
Philip Hoare, New Statesman
Brave and moving, <i>Trans</i> is necessary reading for anyone who cares about gender,power, freedom and desire. Juliet Jacques deals with the forces of cruelty andignorance with hard-won clarity and calm. A vital voice in our turbulent times
Olivia Laing, author of The Trip to Echo Spring
Amarvelously nuanced journey through gender, brilliantly contextualized in thedisparate worlds of pop culture, football, mass media, and the NHS . a terrificread by an accomplished author.
—Kate Bornstein, author of A Queer and Pleasant Danger
Understated and urgent, Jacques comes across as a woman carrying an ambiguity she doesn't seem to want or feel able fully to shed...She confounds the distinction, not just between male and female, but also between the emotional atmospheres which the various trans identities are meant - 'instructed' may be the right word - to personify.
- Jacqueline Rose, London Review of Books
A thoughtful and honest account of the realities of life as a trans woman ... accessible and relatable, regardless of your gender identity
Independent