{"product_id":"being-emily-anniversary-edition-9781594935985","title":"Being Emily Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey say that whoever you are it's okay, you were born that way. Those words don't comfort Emily, because she was born Christopher and her insides know that her outsides are all wrong.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey say that it gets better, be who you are and it'll be fine. For Emily, telling her parents who she really is means a therapist who insists Christopher is normal and Emily is sick. Telling her girlfriend means lectures about how God doesn't make that kind of mistake.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily desperately wants high school in her small Minnesota town to get better. She wants to be the woman she knows is inside, but it's not until a substitute therapist and a girl named Natalie come into her life that she believes she has a chance of actually Being Emily. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA story for anyone who has ever felt that the inside and outside don't match and no one else will understand... \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this new, expanded version you will find: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eUpdated language\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eExpanded and additional scenes\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eA new note from the author\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eA new introduction\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eEmily \u0026amp; Claire ten years later\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe groundbreaking classic updated for our generation!\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGold, Rachel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Lederhosen. That's just one quirky subject in Rachel Gold's background, and not necessarily a subject you'd expect from a woman who spent seven years working as a reporter on LGBT issues for a Twin Cities newspaper. After branching out into publicity and then marketing, Rachel's life has taken some interesting turns, including winning a national marketing award for using, you guessed it, lederhosen in an ad.","brand":"Bella Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524929687826,"sku":"9781594935985","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c5b4fbd2-a6fe-40e8-af68-3aad3db5259f.jpg?v=1731196467","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/being-emily-anniversary-edition-9781594935985","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}