Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite
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Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Lianne Simon (Author), Lisa L. Wiley (Narrator), Faie Miss Press (Publisher)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
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From the heart of an intersex teen, one who must ultimately choose male or female - family or true love - comes the story of a deeply emotional and perilous journey home. This is a young adult novel unlike any other - an authentic portrayal of the issues faced by a child growing up with a sexually ambiguous body.

Jameson can be like other boys after minor surgery and a few years on testosterone. Well, at least that's what his parents always say. But Jamie sees an elfin princess in the mirror, and male hormones would only ruin her pretty face. For him to become the man his parents expect, Jameson must leave behind the hopes and dreams of a little girl. But what is so wrong with Jamie's dreams that they can't be her life?

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  1. Listening Length
    7 hours and 57 minutes
  2. Author
    Lianne Simon
  3. Narrator
    Lisa L. Wiley
  4. Audible release date
    October 8, 2013
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Faie Miss Press
  7. ASIN
    B00FPQN9KW
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 7 hours and 57 minutes
Author Lianne Simon
Narrator Lisa L. Wiley
Audible.com Release Date October 08, 2013
Publisher Faie Miss Press
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B00FPQN9KW
Best Sellers Rank #158,928 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#1,394 in Coming of Age Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#3,100 in Family Life Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#7,717 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books)

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4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
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Samuel Rafael
5.0 out of 5 stars Always had the power
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2012
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"Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite" by Lianne Simon is a warm, engaging and very poignant novel about a teenager coming to terms with the person she really is. Set against a backdrop of the Vietnam War, it accurately reflects the tone of the times. While some kids are dying for naught in a far off place, other, more privileged ones attend college on student deferments and speak little of politics and war. Jamie, the main protagonist, is portrayed as a very believable character, a person who was born with a rather rare intersex condition known as Mixed Gonadal Dysgenesis. This manifests in Jamie in a partial male chromosomal genotype, a shortness of stature, an elfin and feminine appearance and a semblance of the genitalia of both the sexes.

Jamie is a child who is loyal to a fault to her loved ones, but eventually realizes she can no longer sacrifice her life and happiness for the sake of others. She struggles mightily and unsuccessfully throughout the novel to be the son her family wants her to be. The fact that they are devoutly Christian is very much like a double edge sword for Jamie. On the one hand, they are all bound by an innocence and devotion to the faith that has gotten them through some very difficult times, including the death of a child killed in Vietnam. On the other, the parents' literalist and fundamentalist interpretation of the Scriptures is part of what is preventing Jamie from being her true self.

My take on this book is that it fits more into a category of a "coming to terms" tale rather than it being a "coming of age" story. There is a fine distinction between the two. I say this because Jamie, who with a little help from her friends eventually summons the strength and assertiveness to fend off her well-meaning father and, like Dorothy in the "Wizard of Oz," realizes she has always had the power to go back home and be the girl she was meant to be.
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Margaret Mondragon
4.0 out of 5 stars Eye opening
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2016
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Very informative sweet heartening story. I knew very little of this condition and the more I know the more questions I have.
It is a book that is very hard to put down.
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Megan Cook
5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2014
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ADORED THIS BOOK! I was shocked at the struggles as Jameson/Jamie went through. Enjoying the changes that he/she went through and most of all, her friends and family and lovers were her strength and weakness. I recommend this highly for anyone who wants a great read and to understand the struggles of picking the side boy or girl then picking a side even if the whole world does not under stand you.
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YG
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful! Thoughtful and captivating.
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2016
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I'm so glad I ordered this book! I came away with a much deeper understanding of what it must feel like to grow up between the sexes and how I may be able to make the way a bit easier for people who are navigating this difficult path. The story is captivating and true to life.
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Jenni French
3.0 out of 5 stars Meh
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2013
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Meh. I wanted this book to be good. There are so few YA books about LGBTQIA (especially BTQIA) teens, I was glad to find one about an intersex person. Jamie/Jameson has been raised as a boy, but she feels that she is a girl, and she wants to live her life as the princess she feels she is. Her dad, though, is insistent that she is a boy, going so far as to invent rules for her to live by and whipping her as he would a son.

She's 16. She's away at college. She starts living as a girl. Dad gets mad. She's 18 - still living as a girl and still not at home. She wants to marry and adopt a couple of orphans, but her dad still thinks she needs to come home and go into some kind of gender therapy and become a boy. Then everything gets resolved and she lives happily ever after.

Like I said, I wanted this book to be good. But the narration switches from first person to third person frequently, so I never felt like I was truly inside Jamie's head. And I got SO frustrated at her insistence on obeying her parents even when she was an adult and not even living with them - she knew she was a girl, the doctor agreed she was a girl, so why did she keep trying to be a boy for her dad? Argh.

I guess I wanted to be in Jamie's head more, and I wanted her to have a backbone. Better luck next time.
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Tonya
5.0 out of 5 stars Book
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2019
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Loved it
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S. turner
4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyed reading about the coral Gables-Miami area
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2015
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moving experience of the main character. enjoyed reading about the coral Gables-Miami area. a little too religious at times.
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Andrew Diprose
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2016
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Helpful to understand Hermaphrodite people instead of judging them.
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WillowD
5.0 out of 5 stars I so identified with the young lady in this story ...
Reviewed in Canada on January 1, 2016
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I so identified with the young lady in this story. I expect I will re-read the book again and again.
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Zivtele
1.0 out of 5 stars boring
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 28, 2013
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Interesting subject and a good idea for a book. But the way it is written is so boring. The main character is too naive and religious. This just did nothing for me.
I wouldn't ever recommend it to anyone
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