Becoming Myself

"Thewomeninthiscollectionwereasked,simply,torecallasignificantmemoryofgrowingupfemale.Theyrespondedgenerously,withintimatestoriesoftheirlives.InsteadofthesuperficialprepackagedblurbsofTVsoundbitesandpressreleases,theytoldstoriesfromtheirhearts;theytoldsecretsneverspokenbefore.Theyrevealedthemselvesthroughstoriesofpersonalconfusionanddiscovery,painandovercoming,rejectionandcelebration."—FromWillaShalit'sIntroductionThestoriessharedbythesesixty-sevenremarkablewomen—writers,...