Much has been written both about and by people who feel they were assigned the wrong body at conception, exploring the struggles and too often the tragedies that result from that mismatch of nature. Very little has been written, however, to chronicle the lifelong struggle of people to understand and come to terms with two distinct sets of emotions, one male and one female - a single soul, at times divided, at times united, by two clearly identifiable spirits. Dear Mom and Dad: You Don't Know Me, But ... traces the life of George through the eyes of Georgia, the female half of their soul, from early childhood in the post war Texas oil fields through the innocence of his early school years in northeastern Oklahoma. With the onset of puberty, Georgia watches the omnipresent feeling of not being normal cast a destructive pall over nearly everything George attempts. After the collapse of his lifelong dream, George begins again with hopes, new dreams and the love they've both longed for. Georgia finally emerges, but understanding her part in their soul comes slowly and is complicated by a tragedy of profound proportion. Dear Mom and Dad considers the ultimate understanding of God's will for both George and Georgia and its unusual conclusion, sharing a story of struggle and self-acceptance.

本書は、単なる肉体と心の不一致を綴った回顧録ではありません。一つの肉体に共存する「ジョージ」と「ジョージア」という二つの魂が、互いを見つめ合いながら歩む壮絶な魂の巡礼記です。戦後のテキサスという保守的な時代背景の中で、内面を見つめる「ジョージア」の静謐な視点が、孤独な葛藤に類まれな文学的深みと緊張感を与えています。 特筆すべきは、度重なる悲劇を越えた先にある「神の意思」への真摯な問いかけです。自分は何者なのかという根源的な苦悩が、信仰と自己受容の光に照らされて昇華していく過程には、読者の魂を揺さぶる圧倒的な熱量があります。性別という枠組みを超え、真の「個」として生きる覚悟を描き切った、魂の救済の物語です。