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Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods--My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine
Dress Codes Of Three GirlhoodsMy Mother's My Father's and Mine
Author: Noelle Howey
"There’s no news like hearing irrefutable proof that you’re not the sole cause of your parents'’ woes, your father's drinking, your unshakable feeling that you’re not put together quite right and finding out the problem all along was your father's unrequited yearning for angora." --Noelle Howey from Dress Codes<...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312422585
ISBN-10: 031242258X
Publication Date: 11/21/2002
Pages: 332
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3.5 stars, based on 21 ratings
Publisher: Picador USA
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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VickyJo avatar reviewed Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods--My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine on + 49 more book reviews
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Noelle Howey writes with a wry, witty voice but manages to sidestep any notion of self-pity. She is honest in her portrayals of her parents, her grandparents, and especially herself. Going through adolescence, when one's parents are horribly embarrassing, is difficult for everyone; Noelle had another layer of embarrassment added. But the fact that her father was finally opening up and reaching out to her turned her into one of his staunchest allies. The inside cover is full of family photographs; the one of Noelle at about age 2 or 3, sittin on her father's lap just haunts me. The body language there says it all. I really enjoyed this memoir, and applaud Noelle and her parents for sharing their story.
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A look at what a father's cross dressing does to his family. Sad and pensive, and sometime humorous.
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reviewed Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods--My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine on + 6 more book reviews
Very interesting memoir - and surprisingly accessible.
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Phenomenal. Searingly real and brilliantly told.
Zydeco avatar reviewed Dress Codes: Of Three Girlhoods--My Mother's, My Father's, and Mine on + 80 more book reviews
A good, rather too long read about the fascinating world of gender dysphoria and transsexualism.


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