Summary Of Redefining Realness By Janet Mock
Mock starts off Redefining Realness with a disclosure about how she, as a writer, deliberately exclaims her ability and readiness to write her story. “This book is my truth and personal history,” . Janet Mock was born into the world as her parents’ firstborn son, Charles. But Mock realized early on in her life that she was going to be her own person, no matter what life threw her way. Mock struggled in her family that lacked the resources she needed to help her thrive. Mock attempted thrive in her teen years without guidance from her parents, but, with the support of friends she blossomed into a stronger, woman ready to take the world by storm. Mock’s quest for an identity that is her own, about her gender followed her and really started to
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Despite her hurdles, Mock received a scholarship to college in New York City, where she earned her master’s degree, and enjoyed the success of a career, and found herself not telling anyone about her past. She remained guarded until she stated to fall for a man, Aaron, who made her feel like the woman of his dreams. Love gave her the strength to finally tell her story, and that story begins with Janet Mock finding a man named Aaron at a bar. They seemed to hit it off and they spend their first date at an art museum. When walking around Aaron tells Mock, “I think it’s time we kissed,”1. Which catches Mock by surprise. Such a gesture would be the start of the intimate process, which required her to tell the truth, and this she feared. Mock’s secret, she believed, would hurt the beginning of her and Aaron’s relationship. However, It was at their first sleepover that Mock thought about her confession to Aaron. After a few emotional dates, Mock realizes that if she wishes to fall in love with Aaron, and for him to fall in love with her, then she would need to confess the parts of her life, before she made the transition into a woman, that she kept a
Despite her hurdles, Mock received a scholarship to college in New York City, where she earned her master’s degree, and enjoyed the success of a career, and found herself not telling anyone about her past. She remained guarded until she stated to fall for a man, Aaron, who made her feel like the woman of his dreams. Love gave her the strength to finally tell her story, and that story begins with Janet Mock finding a man named Aaron at a bar. They seemed to hit it off and they spend their first date at an art museum. When walking around Aaron tells Mock, “I think it’s time we kissed,”1. Which catches Mock by surprise. Such a gesture would be the start of the intimate process, which required her to tell the truth, and this she feared. Mock’s secret, she believed, would hurt the beginning of her and Aaron’s relationship. However, It was at their first sleepover that Mock thought about her confession to Aaron. After a few emotional dates, Mock realizes that if she wishes to fall in love with Aaron, and for him to fall in love with her, then she would need to confess the parts of her life, before she made the transition into a woman, that she kept a