Started: 7/5/06
Finished: 7/10/06
Year: 1996
Pages: 317
Genre: True Crime
Grade: B+
Reason for reading: Loved the movie Boys Don't Cry so I bought the book.
Blurb: "Living as a man, twenty-one-year old Teena Brandon hit the dust bowl town of Falls City, Nebraska, on the run from her family in Lincoln-and from the law for forging checks. Handsome and sophisticated, Brandon was an instant success, with young women hanging all over him. But when Brandon started to date the beautiful blonde Lana Tisdel, her luck ran out. In a terrifying incident on Christmas Eve, Brandon's true sexual identity was unmasked. On New Year's Eve, Brandon, her roommate, and a friend were found shot to death in an isolated farmhouse.
"Writing with the exclusive cooperation of Brandon's ex-girlfriends and family, the accused murderers, and numerous other sources, New York Times bestselling author Aphrodite Jones explores the extravagant life and violent death of Teena Brandon, as well as the investigation and murder trial. Jones lays bare an America where many young people boldly experiment with gender identity, challenging our ideas of male and female, gay and straight-and where Teena Brandon and her friends paid a terrible price for sexual freedom."
Opinion: An awesome read. I don't quite know which was better: the book or the movie. A definite must for any true crime fan or anyone who dislikes the discrimination that takes place everyday in the world. Nicely organized and evident that Jones did a lot of research before writing.
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