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    Hung in the Middle

    By Alana Nicole Sholar

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    In this engaging memoir, author Alana Nicole Sholar shares her life journey as a transgendered individual growing up in 20th century rural America. Born as Alan, the second of three ‘pure bred’ Kentucky boys, Sholar dreamed of becoming a jockey...and nearly made it. One of Sholar’s earliest childhood memories is of trying on her mother’s clothes and discovering, not only that it felt good...but that it just seemed right. However, in that place (rural central Kentucky) and at that time (the 1960’s), this was not something to be admitted, or talked about—ever. As Alan, Sholar is a fast-driving, hard-drinking, guitar-playing horse whisperer. After a formal name change, the emerging Alana is recognized as a star pupil while learning to drive over-the-road eighteen wheel trucks—meanwhile, she is also learning to walk in high heels and apply her makeup correctly.

    In the end, Hung in the Middle is a love story. It is about learning to love yourself. It is also one of those familiar—but always irresistible—tales about falling in love with someone who is at first inaccessible, but never giving up the pursuit. It is about finding your soul mate...and finally, it is a personal story about 21st century America’s evolution toward the acceptance and celebration of gender diversity.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEWH Press
    Release dateNov 20, 2012
    ISBN9780983443841
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    Hung in the Middle
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    Alana Nicole Sholar

    Alana Nicole Sholar was born as Alan Sholar in 1961. One of three brothers, Alan was part of a close-knit, church-going family who lived and worked on several now-famous horse farms in the Bluegrass region of central Kentucky. After years of lonely struggle with gender confusion and self-acceptance, Sholar legally changed his name from Alan to Alana Nicole in 2005, an important step in a lifelong journey of gender discovery-a journey that is documented in the engaging memoir, Hung in the Middle. Hung in the Middle: A Journey of Gender Discovery is Alana Nicole Sholar's fascinating, heart-wrenching life story-a story full of real-life lessons of gender diversity in 20th century rural America, and a story about searching for, and finding, true love.

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