{"product_id":"the-name-i-chosen-for-myself-9798197183552","title":"The Name I Chosen for Myself","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Samantha T. Jones\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: LGBT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The Name I Chosen for Myself\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Samantha T. Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome stories don't ask to be told. They demand it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Name I Chose for Myself\" is the intimate and courageous journey of Samantha, born Salvatore in a small Sicilian village where silence was law and difference was a sentence. From the dusty mirror of a grandmother's room to the operating theaters of Milan, from the alleyways of Palermo to the bureaucratic offices that finally return a name, this is the story of a woman who had to fight for the most fundamental of all rights: the right to be herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with rare honesty and a prose that breathes alongside its protagonist, this novel is not only a story of gender transition. It is a universal story of identity, love, courage and redemption. Of fathers who speak through orange trees. Of friends who become sisters. Of a love that asks no explanations and fears no judgment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender, powerful and deeply human, \"The Name I Chose for Myself\" reminds us that our truest home is not a place. It is the moment when we finally stop being afraid of the person looking back at us in the mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor anyone who has ever had to choose between who the world wanted them to be and who they truly are.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891749306519,"sku":"9798197183552","price":1095.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798197183552.webp?v=1781184694","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-name-i-chosen-for-myself-9798197183552","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}