Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me

Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me

Riveting, rousing, and utterly real, <i>Surpassing Certainty</i> is a portrait of a young woman searching for her purpose and place in the world—without a road map to guide her.<BR><BR>The journey begins a few months before her twentieth birthday. Janet Mock is adjusting to her days as a first-generation college student at the University of Hawaii and her nights as a dancer at a strip club. Finally content in her body, she vacillates between flaunting and concealing herself as she navigates dating and disclosure, sex and intimacy, and most important, letting herself be truly <i>seen</i>. Under the neon lights of Club Nu, Janet meets Troy, a yeoman stationed at Pearl Harbor naval base, who becomes her <i>first</i>. The pleasures and perils of their union serve as a backdrop for Janet’s progression through her early twenties with all the universal growing pains—falling in and out of love, living away from home, and figuring out what she wants to <i>do </i>with her life.<BR> <BR>Despite her disadvantages, fueled by her dreams and inimitable drive, Janet makes her way through New York City while holding her truth close. She builds a career in the highly competitive world of magazine publishing—within the unique context of being trans, a woman, and a person of color.<BR> <BR>Long before she became one of the world’s most respected media figures and lauded leaders for equality and justice, Janet was a girl taking the time she needed to just <i>be</i>—to learn how to advocate for herself before becoming an advocate for others. As you witness Janet’s slow-won success and painful failures, <i>Surpassing Certainty </i>will embolden you, shift the way you see others, and affirm your journey in search of self.