

We can tell you that it was also a non-fiction book and sold over 50,000 copies in Canada alone.In reviewing her current book "I Promised Not to Tell" we think you will find her to be an honest writer who speaks from the heart.

Unfortunately, do to the sensitivity of her book "I Promised Not to Tell" we are unable to say much about her other book. Evans co-wrote another successful book under her real name.

No matter what the situation is she always comes out strong and smiling."Ĭheryl B. She provides support to friends when they call crying. She will stop at nothing to support your kids, husband and family. She loves to laugh, drink flavoured coffee and eat chocolate. Evans is determined, and ambitious, frank, persistent and supportive. Cheryl's close friend writes this about her: "As a person Cheryl B. In her spare time, Cheryl is an avid reader of non-fiction books and when she isn't writing or reading, she enjoys painting on canvas with acrylics. She has been happily married to her husband for more than twenty-three years and together they have raised two wonderful children, one of whom is transgender. Wife, mother, friend and award-winning author. I Promised Not to Tell - Raising a transgender child is a honest and timely memoir. This book can help pave the way to acceptance and understanding. Perhaps you are a transgender person and looking for a book that can help you explain and introduce the topic to your family and friends. If you have been curious about this topic this mother's story will certainly provide you with great insight. This is a uniquely written and thought provoking true story which transitions beautifully between the family’s personal journey and some of the larger societal issues that face the transgender community today.Įven if you don't know a transgender person, this book will make you feel as if you do.

Mom shares many of the resources she used along her own family’s journey and extends to you a friendship that goes far beyond the pages of this book. The journey this family took is spelled out in the pages of this book in the hope that it offers encouragement, support and wisdom to others. She went from knowing nothing at all about the subject to becoming significantly more knowledgeable. In the beginning, transgenderism was not even on Mom’s radar. This book shares it all in the hopes of making a difference in what seems like a harsh and cruel world for transgender people. Every step of their son's transition from female to male (FTM) is discussed in detail, including hormone replacement therapy and sex reassignment surgeries. Their son's desperate effort to comply to societal gender norms, a suicide attempt, a family members struggle with God and transgenderism, a heart breaking death and much more. You get a real sense of what this family went through. What is unique about this story is that it follows one transgender child from birth through age eighteen.
