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Preconceptions
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Joanne Spataro, Jonathan Hadley, Lara Americo, Fitz Bailey
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Interview: Joanne Spataro Dismantles the 'Preconceptions' of Conception: A GLAAD x Audible Interview Series

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- H. L. Korman
- 11-14-21
Heartfelt Modern Love Story
This book was a joy to listen to. Loved the authenticity of the voices and the touching emotional scenes that wove this tapestry together! A beautiful love story about finding love in oneself and others told in a very clever, funny and relatable voice.
4 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-19-21
Terrible
I thought being pregnant and married to a trans spouse this would be a good book after reading all the reviews. It is downright awful! The two characters act like teenagers with all their unnecessary drama and drinking, the voice acting is unpalatable, and it gives trans people a very bad name. Skip this book at all cost, it’s one of the worst I’ve ever picked up.
3 people found this helpful
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- Jordan Christopoulos
- 11-15-21
Top tier content!
What an incredible story of love and hope even in the darkest of times. This piece gave me all the feels I needed. I listened to this while in my car and it felt like a friend telling me a story as I drove my daily commute. I can't wait for what's next.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-16-21
LOVED IT.
Very entertaining and funny and easy to listen audible. I Enjoyed every minute of it. Can’t wait for what’s next !!
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- JT
- 01-03-22
Brave journey to take
This was an awesome journey to share with the the women who navigated it and lived through it to thrive. I appreciate the transparency and vulnerability that it took to write and then ultimately narrate this personal quest. I am hoping that the world in general will take the couple of hours this audio book holds. More importantly my hope is that other Trans folks and the people in their circles take the time so that the strife encountered here is not ongoing in as the world (hopefully) becomes more accepting and inclusive. Thanks is the best thing I can say.
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- Jeffrey Houst
- 12-05-21
Eye opening human manifestation
This piece is mystical, magical and transcendent. All the spiritual aspects gave me chills and goosebumps. The human parts seem almost tolerable because of the universal energy connections of the characters. A true love story created from the universe that sent them through Hell for an amazing outcome.
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- Jeff Hopp
- 11-23-21
Beautiful queer love story
Sweet, emotional and endearing story about the journey of a queer couple to make a baby together. Excellent reading for the LGBTQ community about struggles to make a family.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-18-23
A Triumph
Preconceptions by Joanne Spataro tells an intimate, unique love story that defies all expectations of what a love story should be. By detailing her journey down a path of her own trailblazing, the author connects with thoughts and feelings we’ve all had at some point. Self-doubt, self-worth, striving to meet expectations, and realizing the expectations we have of others can be both helpful and hurtful. Above all Preconceptions is about standing fully in who you are, even through the most difficult and magical times.
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- Jocey
- 07-19-22
I had no idea
Preconceptions gave me an insight to a situation I did not realize happened, being a being a white cisgendered woman I had no idea the kind of struggles that Joanne and her partner went through. It opened my eyes and also made me laugh. I also really enjoyed the narration done by the author just a spectacularly funny voice.
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- Tia
- 01-21-22
WOW..
not exactly sure what to say besides that I really enjoyed listening to your journey. I would love to get in contact to talk someday but would be difficult as I live in denmark. Thank you Lara
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- papapownall
- 11-19-21
Love always wins in the end
There have been plenty of books written of the turmoil that people suffer to conceive pregnancy. Imagine how much more challenging it would be for a trans woman to temporarily reverse her estrogen in order to produce sperm to be inseminated into her female partners to allow her to become pregnant. This is the incredible tale of exactly that and it a love story of LGBTQ people wanting to start a loving family. The pressures on author Joanne Spataro were unbreakable and this caused huge strain on the relationship. Transgender fertility is a subject seldom discussed and this honest and heartfelt book is an excellent introduction.
2 people found this helpful
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In this poignant audio piece, Samantha Allen takes listeners along for the wild ride of her own transition: The good, the bad, but mostly, the funny. Because once she began this life-changing journey in earnest, Samantha realized that while the emotional trials of gender dysphoria and self-discovery could be harrowing, there were so many laugh-out-loud moments along this winding road.
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her past is my present
- By æ on 10-13-20
By: Samantha Allen
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Chonburi International Hotel and Butterfly Club
- By: Shakina Nayfack
- Narrated by: Shakina Nayfack, Kate Bornstein, Annie Golden, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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In this world premiere play, written by and featuring Shakina Nayfack, a vibrant, international group of transgender women band together at a hotel in Thailand to confront the challenges and joys of gender confirmation surgery. Despite the group’s warm welcome, Kina (Nayfack) prepares for her life-altering operation all alone. But a caring nurse (Ivory Aquino), a wise couple (Kate Bornstein and Annie Golden), and a karaoke-loving bellhop (Telly Leung) may be exactly who she needs to ignite her truest sense of self.
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Moving, funny, real, important
- By Christopher V. on 12-30-20
By: Shakina Nayfack
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I Am My Own Wife
- By: Doug Wright
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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This riveting Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama tells the fascinating, real-life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a transgender woman who managed to defy insurmountable odds. Based on interviews conducted by the playwright, I Am My Own Wife takes us on a theatrical journey that vividly chronicles the bravery, cunning, and strength that Von Mahlsdorf used to survive both the Nazi and Communist regimes of East Germany.
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ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHING BEAUTIFUL ESSENTIAL
- By Danielle on 10-13-20
By: Doug Wright
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Sunset Springs
- By: Kacen Callender
- Narrated by: Qamar Yochanan
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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No job, no money, no love - and to make things worse, 27-year-old Charlie has no choice but to leave New York City and move in with his mom in his isolated and conservative hometown of Sunset Springs. Home isn’t a comfortable place for Charlie. One of very few Black residents and the only trans person around town that he knows of, this will be Charlie’s first time back in Sunset Springs since he transitioned. He expects confusion and maybe even hostility. He definitely does not expect Jackson Ford.
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The ending ruined it
- By Rada on 06-09-21
By: Kacen Callender
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My Transgender Coming Out Story
- By: Parker Marie Molloy
- Narrated by: Parker Marie Molloy
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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My Transgender Coming Out Story is the memoir of Parker Marie Molloy, a transgender woman from Chicago, detailing her upbringing, the struggles she had coming to terms with her transgender status, her experience starting hormone replacement therapy, and the act of building and sustaining relationships in a post-transition life. She also shares thoughts on gender, coming out, and the concept of self-discovery.
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Everyone needs to listen to this
- By Amazon Customer on 11-25-15
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Beast
- By: Brie Spangler
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
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Tall, meaty, muscle-bound, and hairier than most throw rugs, Dylan doesn't look like your average 15-year-old, so naturally, high school has not been kind to him. To make matters worse, on the day his school bans hats (his preferred camouflage), Dylan goes up on his roof only to fall and wake up in the hospital with a broken leg - and a mandate to attend group therapy for self-harmers. Dylan vows to say nothing and zones out at therapy - until he meets Jamie. She's funny, smart, and so stunning, even his womanizing best friend, JP, would be jealous.
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Painful to listen to
- By River on 11-18-20
By: Brie Spangler
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Sad Sacked
- A Memoir
- By: Liz Alterman
- Narrated by: Liz Alterman
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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The last person Liz Alterman expects to hear from during her Thanksgiving prep is her husband, Rich. He never calls from his job at a busy Manhattan newsroom. And he never will again, because he's just been laid off. Two months later, Liz is downsized, too. At first, Rich is enchanted with his new leisurely lifestyle. But when he's still unemployed six months later, his euphoric mood devolves into depression and despair.
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Feels like I'm talking to a friend
- By kpfeif on 11-24-21
By: Liz Alterman
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An Unkindness of Ghosts
- By: Rivers Solomon
- Narrated by: Cherise Boothe
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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Aster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations the Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way the ship's leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster, whom they consider to be less than human.
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Well-balanced space opera
- By William Emmons on 08-06-18
By: Rivers Solomon
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How to Be a Girl
- A Memoir by Marlo Mack
- By: Marlo Mack
- Narrated by: Marlo Mack
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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What’s it like to parent a child in transition? Inspired by the acclaimed podcast How to Be a Girl, this is a highly personal and beautifully narrated memoir by Marlo Mack recounting the journey she’s been on since her three-year-old declared he should have been born a girl. And Mack agrees to the child’s request to be a girl.