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|author= Liam Klenk

|title= Paralian: Not Just Transgender

|rating= 4.5

|genre= Autobiography

|summary= Paralian is an Ancient Greek word, meaning ''one who lives by the sea''. Here, we follow the author's journey through life, narrated by his relationship to water – the river he grew up near, the oceans he crosses, and the water that later becomes his place of work. A tumultuous journey, we follow the author in his quest to find authentic self and happiness, against an incredible array of adversities. At five months old, Liam was adopted from an orphanage – and thus began a journey to conquer childhood disability, issues with parents, marriages, divorces, and gender dysphoria.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1785891200</amazonuk>

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|author=Amanda Leask

|summary=A chateau in the country. So far, a fine life behind you. Just 65 years of age. A happy collection of three successful children. Alzheimer's. You work out what's the one bummer in that circumstance.

|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1782270213</amazonuk>

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~~|author=Lena Mukhina and Amanda Love Darragh (translator)~~

~~|title=The Diary of Lena Mukhina: A Girl's Life in the Siege of Leningrad~~

~~|rating=4~~

~~|genre=Autobiography~~

|summary=If life as a girl of school-leaving age is hard enough, think about it when you're stuck in a great city under a horrendous siege. Lena Mukhina's diary only covers half the 800-odd days the nightmare in Leningrad lasted, but so palpably singular were the circumstances that it feels like one is given the clearest insight into what it was like, courtesy of these pages. I've been there and never felt the ghost of the siege in the modern St Petersburg, anything like (for example) the ruination of Warsaw had lived on. But a dreadful time this was. At the peak times of Nazi oppression and aerial bombing, the city lost 2 or 3 residents' lives ''every minute'' of the day on average. The city was desperate for fuel, and food – and this is a place where it can – and does here – snow in June. Without giving too much of the diet away, it's notable that later on Lena dreams of having a menagerie of small animals to live with – but no dogs or cats.

~~|amazonuk=<amazonuk>144726987X</amazonuk>~~

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