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Review: FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH BEING HUMAN by Kai Cheng Thom

 


Book Details

Title: Falling Back in Love with Being Human
Author: Kai Cheng Thom
Publisher: Dial Press
Publication Date: August 1, 2023
Genre(s): Nonfiction, LGBT, Poetry
Pages: 176
Bookshop Affiliate Purchase Link: https://bookshop.org/a/67041/9780593594988
     

Reading Details

Finish Date: August 2023
Format: Physical
Representation: Transgender
Trigger/Content Warnings: Transphobia, Sexual Violence, Death, Abuse


Rating: 5

Favorite Quote/Scene: 
Without looking at a dictionary define the word monster

Review: 
I owe so many thanks to Katy Nishimoto for sending me a copy of this book! Getting to read this was an absolutely breathtaking experience.

When I finished reading this book I was at a loss for words. I finished reading it months ago and even now I can still feel the way I felt when I finished it for the first time. It also left me with a need to share this book with others and allow them to have a similar experience to me. I even brought it in one day to show something to mu therapist.

So this book is unlike any other that I’ve read so far. It’s a collection of letters that the author wrote to various people, groups, or institutions. In between the letters there is a challenge for the reader to do. It ranges from “go into the woods...and let yourself take to the earth like a fallen tree” to “write a prayer of hope”. And it seems like the same sort of challenges that my therapist would give to the group as homework.

This book was stunning and absolutely brims with emotions. The author wrote from the heart and that could be felt through the pages. It was an amazing experience to read this book. So full of passion that it hurt when certain topics were discussed because it felt like the topics hurt the author.




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