From Both Sides Now

A Memoir of Transsexuality

Here's what they're saying...

"Going beyond the standard trans autobiography, 'From Both Sides Now' is more a lesson in dignity and grace." (read more)

"Every one of us has a unique story, but Alexus tells hers in a manner that's very compelling and provocative." (read more)

Andrea James

Filmmaker/Activist, Co-Editor of Letter for My Sisters

Valerie Larkin

Technologist & Writer

"What do you do when you realize at middle age that your entire life has been a lie? What do you do when you have everything you thought you ever wanted - a beautiful wife, two wonderful children, a fairy-tale house, a successful business, even a luxury automobile - and yet, there is a deep internal void. Where do you go from there? Allen struggled deeply with these questions, but what he did not realize was that the answers were already inside him. The answers dwelled in his feminine self that had been repressed since childhood, waiting to be expressed through the woman he would become. She was not to be denied. She was destined to be released. She was the answer to all his questions and the answer to all his dreams. She was his truth. She was Alexus Sheppard. And this is her story."

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