PublishedCanongate, June 2017 |
ISBN9781786890887 |
FormatSoftcover, 176 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.9cm × 1.3cm |
If he is to become a man, what sort of man should Thomas Page McBee be? To find out, McBee must confront the suffering he has endured at the hands of men: the abuse he endured as a child from his father, and the violent mugging which almost killed him as an adult.
Standing at the brink of the life-changing decision to transition from female to male, McBee seeks to understand these examples of flawed manhood, and reclaim his body on his own terms.
Powerful, uplifting and profound, Man Alive is a story about transformation; about freedom, and love, and finding the strength to rebuild ourselves as the people we are meant to be.
Marijke is the Customer Service Supervisor at Boffins and has been a Boffin for over five years, and a bird fanatic for even longer. She reads anything interesting.
This book is touching and profound without being graphic. Thomas McBee talks about his abuse at the hands of his father, and a mugging as an adult that could have resulted in his death. These two events weigh on his mind as he tries to make a life changing decision - to transition from female to male. This book is his exploration of what it means to be a man, and what sort of man he wants to be, drawing on the flawed examples he’s found in his own life. It seems cliché to call a book like this profound but it is truly thought-provoking.
