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Perfect Peace

Published
Mar 2010
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Literary Literary
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352

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The heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern family's attempt to grapple with their mother's desperate decision to make her newborn son into the daughter she will never have

When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ain't what you was supposed to be. So, from now on, you gon' be a boy. It'll be a little strange at first, but you'll get used to it, and this'll be over after while. From this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events. Meanwhile, the Peace family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and fulfillment.

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Dec 2011 Griffin ISBN 0312571658
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First Edition Mar 2010 St. Martin's ISBN 0312582676
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Mar 2010 St. Martin's ISBN 1429991445
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Mar 2010 St. Martin's ISBN B003BQZ83O
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Jun 2016 Tantor Audio ISBN B01H7SAPAW
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