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The Secrets of My Life

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Erin Bennett

8 Hours 30 Minutes

Hachette Book Group USA

April 2017

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In this remarkable memoir former Olympian and Kardashian family member Caitlyn Jenner reveals shocking and heartbreaking stories from her journey to become a transgender woman and fight for the LGBTQ+ community.

Imagine denying your core and soul. Then add to it the most impossible expectations that people have for you because you are the personification of The American Male Athlete.
Bruce Jenner, the celebrated Olympic icon and later the patriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, seemed to be living a dream life of success, fame, and prosperity. But the all-American image and million-dollar smile belied a lifelong struggle with gender dysphoria, and it wasn't until the sensational Diane Sawyer interview that the public mask of Bruce Jenner was finally retired, and through the memorable Vanity Fair piece by Buzz Bissinger, that Caitlyn Jenner was introduced to the world and set free to exist on her own terms. Since then, Caitlyn has undertaken an arduous emotional and physical odyssey to achieve the completeness she always felt was missing.
In The Secrets of My Life, Caitlyn reflects on the inner conflict she experienced growing up in an era of rigidly defined gender identities, and the cruel irony of being hailed by an entire nation as the ultimate symbol of manhood. She recounts her Olympic triumph, her rise to fame, and relates how her sense of frustration and shame grew with the passing years and the lengths to which she had to go to conceal her true self. Caitlyn in turn uncovers the toll that these personal struggles had on her three marriages and, subsequently, the relationships with her children. She also talks candidly about her life in the public eye as a member of the Kardashian clan, what led to her decision to become Caitlyn, and how she, her family, the transgender community, and the rest of the world has since embraced her new life.
Filled with incredibly personal and moving stories of struggle and victory, of anxiety and fear, and, finally, of surrender and acceptance, The Secrets of My Life reveals the real Caitlyn Jenner by tracing her long and eventful journey to becoming herself.

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  • Meagan P

    So interesting, really wanted to know her perspective and was satisfied!

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  • Kara B.

    it was Great, I couldn't stop listening, and there where things in there I was very mad about a d still can't understand. but this was very interesting.

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  • SOFIA D

    This book gives great insight to a perplexing issue. After listening to this book I feel more empathetic towards the transgender community. Thank you for your candidness.

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  • Jeremy F

    Entertaining and heart warming. Learn things and got to know her more

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  • Lesbian4Life

    I am so glad that she wrote this book. I love that she eventually told her story. She is such an inspiration to me. I am part of the lgbtq community and I’m glad she finally came out

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  • Anonymous

    This book is terribly written and hard to follow. It bounces between tenses. When she talks about her childhood she speaks in present tense as if it is happening currently the entire time, but then bounces to something that actually is present day and uses past tense for it. Makes it extremely hard to follow and takes away from enjoying the book because your brain is inadvertently translating things to how it should be written. The content itself is ok, but again, it was hard to really focus on due to the poor writing.

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  • Anonymous

    Beyond boring and very narcissistic.

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  • Tasya B

    Very interesting, somewhat self focused but I guess that's the point of a memoir

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