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Richard Raskind was a Yale tennis star, had a stint in the navy and became an eye surgeon, yet he always felt that he was a woman. Raskind was on and off hormone therapy from the early 1960s, but married in 1969 and fathered a son. Six years later, he underwent sex reassignment surgery and became Renee Richards. This memoir focuses on her life since her sex change, including her friendship and coaching experience with Martina Navratilova and her evolving, often conflicted relationship with son Nick.
Hardcover, 320 pages, published 2007
Author: Renee Richards