Secret Selves: How Their Changes Changed Me - Paperback

by Jamie Johnson (Author)

As a mom, there's no escaping the deep-rooted need to keep your children on the right path. But what if one of your teenage kids thinks the path to happiness is through a sex change? And what if the other, while flailing around, trying to find his way, pops out five alternate personalities? Teenage suicide keeps creeping into your thoughts. Some parents face that risk once... but twice? How do you keep from having a nervous breakdown? How do you help the entire family find peace again? Secret Selves is the surprising, touching, and sometimes humorous account of a mother trying to ease the panic and accept the unthinkable twists fate has dropped in her lap. Jamie Johnson's memoir is a deeply personal account of her family's struggles and triumphs. It is shared with courage and honesty. Johnson explains how even her doubts and mistakes while raising her two very interesting children helped her to see life through different eyes. A heartwarming story about what it means to love. A story about hope.

Author Biography

Jamie Johnson is an entrepreneur and author. She is an award winning writer who has been published in national Canadian newspapers such as The Globe and Mail, national magazines such as Homemakers, and in anthologies dealing with life in a challenging family. Secret Selves is Johnson's first full-length work. Johnson lives in Canada and works full-time alongside her husband/business partner in their store. She makes herself available to present a Diversity and Inclusion presentation to workplaces and high schools with the hope of eliminating prejudice and judgement.