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'This is a searing account of the author's physical, spiritual and emotional journey from man to woman. Josie has lived and loved as a man and as a woman. This is the story of her voyage from his days working in desert mining and construction camps through to the struggles with her family and eventual reconciliation with her dying mother. It is the story of his loves and his marriage as a man, of fatherhood, and his passage through the barriers of gender and sex. The story of the shock of discovering her need - as a woman - to be with a man. An account, as well, of personal spiritual discovery, The Real Possibility of Joy opens up the mystery of what it means to be human and captures the joy of living one's own, hard-won, personal truth.' (Publisher's description)
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Transformation left Joy Unconfined
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 October 2009; (p. 8) -
A Man's Journey to Womanhood
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 December 2009; (p. 29)
— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman 2009 single work autobiography -
[Review] The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 33)
— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman 2009 single work autobiography -
Pick of the Week
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 November 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman 2009 single work autobiography -
Woman on the Verge
2009
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 September 2009; (p. 5)
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The Journey from John to Josephine
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 September 2009; (p. 16)
— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman 2009 single work autobiography -
Pick of the Week
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 November 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman 2009 single work autobiography -
[Review] The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 33)
— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman 2009 single work autobiography -
A Man's Journey to Womanhood
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 December 2009; (p. 29)
— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman 2009 single work autobiography -
Woman on the Verge
2009
single work
biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 September 2009; (p. 5) -
Transformation left Joy Unconfined
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 October 2009; (p. 8)
Awards
- 2010 shortlisted Kibble Literary Awards — Nita Kibble Literary Award
- South Australia,
- ca. 1950-2000