When we spent some quality time together at Chautauqua Institute making some history back in August as the first out trans people to ever grace a CHQ tage that has had former presidents, senators and other luminaries and thought leaders on it, in the quiet moments we had before that historic event, she told me that she was working on a new book.
That book my
New York Times bestselling author sis was telling me about during that quality time we spent in Western New York I was happy to discover this weekend will be out in June.
It is entitled
Surpassing Certainty, What :My Twenties Taught Me. is a memoir that focused on a young woman searching for purpose and place in the world without a roadmap to guide her on how to move forward.
This sounds interesting already.
Before she could become an advocate for others, she had to first become an advocate for herself, and through trial and error, she did,
From Janet's website about the upcoming book.
Surpassing Certainty begins a few months before Janet Mock’s twentieth birthday.
She is adjusting to her days as a first-generation college student at the University of Hawaii and her nights as a dancer at a club. Finally content in her body, she vacillates between flaunting and concealing herself as she navigates dating and disclosure, sex and intimacy, and most important being truly seen. Under the neon lights of Club Nu, Janet meets Troy, a yeoman stationed at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, who becomes her first. The pleasures and perils of their union serve as a backdrop for Janet’s progression through her early twenties with all the universal growing pains – falling in and out of love, living away from home, and figuring out what she wants to do with her life.
Fueled by her dreams and an inimitable drive, a woman with few advantages plots her way through New York City while holding her truth close. She builds a career in the highly competitive world of New York magazine publishing – within the unique context of being trans, a woman and a person of color.
Long before she became one of the world’s most respected voices in media and lauded leaders for equality and justice, Janet was a girl taking the time she needed to just be – to learn how to advocate for herself before becoming an advocate for others. Surpassing Certainty will embolden you as you witness Janet’s slow-won successes and painful failures, shift the way you see others, and affirm you as you seek certainty in yourself.
You already knew I was going to put the link up
so that you can preorder it and get what I am certain will be Janet's next
New York Times bestselling book.
I'm looking forward to reading this one just like I did with
Redefining Realness, Hope you purchase
Surpassing Certainty and get a
few extra copies to donate to TBLGQ centers, libraries or as a gift to that trans person in your life.
I'm also looking forward to the next time we're in the same area code.
