English Summary/英文概要： What do you do when the other woman is your husband? A wife’s memoir of her husband’s sex change

Christine Benvenuto had been married for more than twenty years—with three young children—when her husband turned to her one night in bed and said "I’m thinking constantly about my gender." He was unhappy in his body and wanted to become a woman. Part memoir, part voyeur’s look into a marriage, Sex Changes is a journey through the end of a marriage and out the other side. We see a woman, desperate to save her family and shelter her children, discover a well of strength and resilience she never knew she had. We learn what to tell the neighbors when your husband starts wearing heels with his shirts and ties. We see a woman open herself to a group of friends who travel with her through her darkest times, provide light and levity throughout—and who offer the opportunity to learn how to give as well as receive the love and support of true friendship. When she lost her husband to skirts and hormones, life made Chris a better woman.

Sex Changes is the story of what one woman discovered about herself in the midst of the conflagration of her family. Fiercely funny, self-lacerating, and not entirely politically correct, Sex Changes is a journey of love and anguish told with hilarity, heartbreak and a lot of soul searching. It is about the mysteries in every marriage, the secrets we chose to keep, and the freedom that the truth can bring.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当其他的女人是你的丈夫时你会怎么做?一个妻子关于丈夫性别变化的回忆录

克里斯汀Benvenuto结婚超过20年,有三个年轻的孩子,当她的丈夫一天晚上在床上对她说:“我不断地思考我的性别。“他对自己的身体感到不愉快,想成为一个女人。部分回忆录,部分窥淫的看着一个婚姻、《性变化》是婚姻的尽头并从另一端出去的旅程。我们看到一个女人,急于拯救她的家庭和她的孩子们,发现了她从来不知道她所拥有的强度和坚韧。我们学习如何告诉邻居当你的丈夫穿着衬衫和领带时试穿高跟鞋。我们看到一个女人在她最黑暗时期里在与一群一起旅游朋友敞开自己,学习如何给以及接受别人的爱和支持的真正的友谊。当她失去了她的丈夫,裙子和荷尔蒙,生活让克里斯成为更好的女人。

《性变化》是一个女人的故事,发现了自己在处在家庭强烈的冲突中。激烈有趣,自我批评,而不是完全政治上正确的,《性的变化》是一个旅承载着欢乐,悲伤和反省的爱与痛的旅程。它是关于在每段婚姻中的秘密——我们选择保留的秘密,以及带来真相的自由。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况： The memoir will be published on November 13th and over the weekend (pre-publication) was ranked #1 in Amazon UK’s Bio/Memoir of Marriage category!

Reviews

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/nov/02/my-husbands-sex-change

CHRISTINE BEVENUTO is the author of Shiksa, as well as fiction, essays, and reviews that have appeared in many publications, including The Village Voice, the San Francisco Chronicle, Tikkun and Moment. She lives in western Massachusetts.