Love & Estrogen

The Real Thing collection

De: Samantha Allen

Narrado por: Samantha Allen

In this unforgettable meet-cute, Samantha Allen traces her story of self-discovery during gender transition and the life-altering partnership that began with a simple hello in an elevator.

Feeling “unfinished” at the liminal age of twenty-six, the author had already accumulated decades of emotional baggage growing up in a Mormon family and living with gender dysphoria. When she met Corey midtransition, she felt even more like an awkward shape-shifter. Now Samantha shares how taking a chance on that fortuitous encounter meant having the courage to be herself.

Love & Estrogen is part of The Real Thing, a collection of moving, hilarious, and big-hearted essays on the modern realities of friendship, romance, commitment, and love, with art by Geoff McFetridge. Each story can be read—or listened to—in a single sitting.

©2018 Samantha Allen (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

beautiful

I enjoyed listening. my heart cried for her and filled with joy when everything went well. this emotional roller coaster brought me to realize that my world needed expanding. thank you for sharing your beautiful story with everyone

Learned so much and smiled frequently.

Joyful and educational. Brilliantly drawn. A complex, deeply personal experience presented with candor and relatable humanity.

I thoroughly enjoyed the book

This gave me such an insight to the bottom surgery and what other women go through. I wish I would have discovered this book at the start of my own journey.

Brilliant!

I think EVERYONE should read this book. Please Samantha Allen, write more!!!!! Your journey and love story will educate the masses.

Killing me softly

Killing me softly with her words is what this felt like. The audio was very effectively enjoyable. The story ended way too soon because as I was just getting into it the story was over. Delicately written and oh so enjoyable!

That's number two in the marathon!

I'm still at work, by the way. That's two Samantha Allen books in one shift! (the first was M to (WT)F.) I still find your voice soothing, and I love learning about how you've grown as a woman and a transsapphic, despite being a cis lesbian myself, I love and support my trans sisters (and brothers). I find your book so informative and I'm so glad you've made It!

To anyone reading this review:
You. Are. Valid. Much Love~

Wow !

I had no idea what this was about But once I started I couldn't stop listening. Being gay myself I never accounted the depth of a trans emotional relationship with others. This was very enlightening for me.

Beautiful

Loved this story, especially as a follow up to "M2 WTF". Your stories are inspirational, and keep me looking on the bright side of my own transition, though much later in life.

I'm not crying! you're crying!

I'm a transgender woman. I'm pre hrt at this time and this book covers so many of my fears. Especially with the political climate where lawmakers are assailing our very existence.

This book helps me ground myself. I still have so much fear to process. But this book helps.

A beautiful transgender love story!

This book made me “awwwww” out loud so many times! My own cis-trans queer love story has many similarities, and I loved hearing so many things my own partner has told me about transness echoed by the author in her own beautiful voice. Well written, raw and authentic.