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No Man of Woman Born (Rewoven Tales) Paperback – June 2, 2018

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Destiny sees what others don’t.A quiet fisher mourning the loss of xer sister to a cruel dragon. A clever hedge-witch gathering knowledge in a hostile land. A son seeking vengeance for his father's death. A daughter claiming the legacy denied her. A princess laboring under an unbreakable curse. A young resistance fighter questioning everything he's ever known. A little girl willing to battle a dragon for the sake of a wish. These heroes and heroines emerge from adversity into triumph, recognizing they can be more than they ever imagined: chosen ones of destiny. From the author of the Earthside series and the Rewoven Tales novels, No Man of Woman Born is a collection of seven fantasy stories in which transgender and nonbinary characters subvert and fulfill gendered prophecies. These prophecies recognize and acknowledge each character's gender, even when others do not. Note: No trans or nonbinary characters were killed in the making of this book. Trigger warnings and neopronoun pronunciation guides are provided for each story.

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Ana Mardoll is a writer and activist who lives in the dusty Texas wilderness with two spoiled cats. Xer favorite employment is weaving new tellings of old fairy tales, fashioning beautiful creations to bring comfort on cold nights. Xie is the author of the Earthside series, the Rewoven Tales novels, and several short stories.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition (June 2, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 174 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1987412915
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1987412918
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches

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Ana Mardoll is a writer, activist, and nonbinary trans boy in love with another trans boy. They live together in Texas with five spoiled cats. Ana's favorite employment is weaving new tellings of old fairy tales, fashioning beautiful creations to bring comfort on cold nights. Ana is the author of the Earthside series, the Rewoven Tales novels, and many published short stories.

An enthusiastic proponent of diverse stories and "own voices" narratives, Ana writes stories which include bisexual and polyamorous lovers, transgender and genderqueer characters, disabled characters dealing with chronic pain and mental illness, survivors of sexual violence with post-traumatic stress disorders, and pagan and wiccan religious practitioners.

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Jessie O

Character-focused and kind

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2018

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This felt so incredibly kind to me. It's not that all the stories take place in societies/cultures that widely understand and accept trans and nonbinary folks, but more that the narration always affirms them. It uses correct pronouns and names for trans and nonbinary protagonists all the time (even when other characters don't know these), and in the case when another character comes out to the protagonist, the protagonist asks and promptly changes pronouns and titles for the character in question.

The stories also almost always include characters who are are supportive, even if not everyone is. These relationships were some of my favorites. The sibling relationships in "Early to Rise" are the ones I loved most in the entire book. The relationship between the princess and her assigned companion in "Daughter of Kings," as well as the brief interaction with the elderly lord. The mentor/adoptive father-son relationship in "His Father's Son," as well as the other familial relationships.

Also a note on the cultures/societies: we see some misgendering, but not deadnaming as far as I can remember, and we don't really see other forms of anti-transness.

The stories are really character-focused. I wouldn't call them low stakes -- there are often pretty high stakes going on, even in the lives of the protagonists -- but the stories aren't sprawling with a lot of characters and places and complicated politics. All of that might be going on, but we see it filtered through the lens of our protagonists and how the world and prophecies affect them personally. It definitely contributes to the comforting feel of the collection for me.

There are content warnings for all stories in the table of contents and at the beginning of each story. There are also pronunciations for neopronouns at the beginning of the stories they're used in.

There's one aromantic character, Claude in "Early to Rise." Claude doesn't really have words for their aromanticism, and they're questioning to some extent, but they're pretty sure they don't and won't have the True Love of their prophecy. And this is resolved in such a beautiful, unique way (that also involves their genderfluidity) that ends up valuing a type of platonic relationship that I didn't expect.

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Hillary DePiano

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Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2019

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Come for the diversity and fresh perspective on the wide spectrum of gender and stay for the good old fashion fantasy!

This is one of those books where I kept waiting to review it because I wanted to write some really good and smart-sounding review to do it justice and I'm finally just committing to babbling incoherently or I'll never remember to review it at all.

I really liked this book. I am a folk and fairy tale junkie and, if you study a lot of fairy tales, you know they get kind of repetitive after a while. So when I heard about this collection, I just knew I was going to love it and, sure enough, I did. This, finally, is something I have NOT read before and it's a fascinating and fantastic perspective!

As with any collection, some stories are better than others. After the first two, that have a very similar "twist," I was worried that things were going to get repetitive fast but the author finds many fresh angles and interesting perspectives all in beautifully written prose, page-turning plots and characters you really care about.

There are so many moments in this collection I find myself thinking about often, even though it's been over a year since I read the book, that I can't help but recommend it.

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Satisfying collection

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2020

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I love the narrative tricks authors play with the wording of prophecy, so to have a series of short stories focused entirely on gendered prophecy busting is pretty satisfying. This author is adept at providing the necessary world building and character information without it feeling like infodumping, which I find particularly impressive.
My Five Star Stories: Tangled Nets, Early to Rise, The Wish Giver, and Daughter of Kings
All the stories have some new quirk in the prophecy to interrogate and all the trans main characters have different relationships with their families, countries, and their identities (off the top of my head I think four of the mains are out to all, two have tried to come out but been shut down and their stories end with their acceptance, one is out to trusted family members, and one is actively questioning).

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Natalia

Sweet Trans Wish Fulfillment

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2021

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This book isn’t the highest quality storytelling. Many of the plots are commonplace, and the writing style is average. But as a vehicle for inclusivity it’s quite wonderful. As a trans reader, it was very comforting and brought a pleasant familiarity to the fantasy stories of my childhood. I would recommend this book to any trans reader starved for ownvoices representation, as well as parents of trans kids who need to understand the diverse lives and genders trans people experience.

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Lindsay Beth Maruska

Such a powerful and beautiful collection

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2018

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Oh this was such a wonderful collection of fairy tales!! Each story deals with prophecy--a common trope in fantasy--but in new and wonderful ways that play with genre conventions. There is so much love and respect for the characters in each story; no one suffers unnecessarily, there's no hurt just for the sake of hurting, and while each story does address issues of violence, death, and cruelty it's never gratuitous. Characters are given the space to complete their arcs without the unfortunately all-too-omnipresent-in-genre threat of pain thrown in just for shock value.

I love so much how gender isn't a plot twist in these stories. Gender isn't a surprise. Even when characters' genders aren't revealed right away, the reveals are treated with love and respect and kindness. This is the sort of book I want my nine-year-old daughter to read when she's ready because of how gently and lovingly it addresses gender as fluid, varied, changeable, and personal. These stories are the stories I wish I'd had when I was younger, to see the possibilities inherent in gender, to see characters that reflected my own confusion and fear. I'm so happy this book exists and I know it will be so important for readers desperate to see themselves in stories of magic, courage, love, and joy

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Very enjoyable!

Reviewed in Canada on March 17, 2019

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A fantastic set of snippets that explore the ways in which prophecies can change, or be changed, by the unexpected ways they apply to their subjects!

I wish the stories were longer, more in depth, but even as is they satisfy.

Astrid Larsen

I love this collection

Reviewed in Canada on July 30, 2018

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It's so refreshing to read fantasy where being trans is just a normal part of the main characters, rather than a novelty for a sidelined background character. I love this collection.

V E C Nicholas

Finally some tales I can call my own

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2018

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I have always known I wasnt a girl. As a child this was a shameful secret, the knowledge rejected by the adults around me, who pushed me unrelenting ly to try and make me be natural.

Finding the right words as an adult for who I am, has been a revelation.

Finding fairytales that reflect me, and my community has been a joy. Ana has crafted beautiful stories, along the recognisable fairy tale lines but made them real for people like me. The tales themselves are well written, immersive, crafted to draw you in, to enchant and entertain, and maybe to educate as well.

There is nothing about this book that I do not absolutely and ardently love. Thank you Ana.

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Keir

A wonderful collection of reworked fairy tales

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2019

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I absolutely loved this collection. It took me ages to read because each story took me into a world I didn't want to leave so I had to pause for a while after each one. They were beautiful and complete stories in themselves, but I could have also happily read a novel based on each tale. The first and last stories were my favourites but they were all so well written and engaging. It was also wonderful to read a book full of so many trans and non-binary characters, portrayed with respect. I read this on my kindle but have just bought the book too as I want to be able to lend it to friends and family!

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Jude

Amazing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2021

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Considering how often fantasy stories with prohiecies can be gendered it was so lovely and refreshing to see trans and questioning people put at the front of the story and be affirmed. I am writing this review a year after reading so I don't remember all the short stories in detail but I do remember crying tears of joy and comfort when reading the titular story so it's safe to say it's a book I highly recommend

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