I really enjoyed this book, and especially the way it took the reader through many complicated and fascinating aspects of Ben-Zeev's quest for peace and identity, all within a trans experience. The need to feel loved, seen, heard and fulfilled came through strongly in this book, with a healthy dose of open and frank sexuality on top of it all. In fact, I found his writing on sex some of the most fascinating parts in this book, and particularly his changing relationship to sex and his body throughout.

I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Memoirs are hard to review, but I can say this is well written and incredibly relevant.

The author narrates the audiobook and does a brilliant reading. I felt compelled to keep listening to Avi and Talia's story. Avi overcomes many things and I'm glad he had the courage to live his truth despite the challenges he faced along the way.

There are some sex scenes that I wasn't expecting but I get why these were included as it reflects the naked truth of transition and how others treated Avi before and after transitioning.

So I would definitely recommend this memoir and I'm happy I listened to it.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for the ALC