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She's My Dad Paperback – November 13, 2009

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"Don't hate, Nicholas. Hate destroys everything. Don't let it destroy you..."

For decades, ultra-liberal Windfield College has been a thorn in the side of Northern Virginia's hidebound elite. When a teaching position unexpectedly becomes available, the school hires a former male graduate - now a transsexual woman named Nickie Farrell - as an assistant professor of English. Hoping to find peace, Nickie keeps her secret under wraps until ambitious lesbian student reporter Cinda Vanderhart outs her. And Cinda has noticed something else: both Nickie and a young townie waiter named Collie Skinner have a genetic quirk which causes their eyes to be different colors. Convinced that the similarity is no coincidence, Cinda begins an investigation to discover the connection between them.

Meanwhile, in a death-bed confession as she succumbs to years of brutality at the hands of her disgraced cop husband, Collie's mother Luanne reveals that his birth resulted from an illicit affair she had with a long-vanished Windfield college senior named Nick Farrington. Shattered by his mother's death, Collie turns for comfort to Robin Thompson, a gentle-hearted Christian co-worker at the upper-crust Foxton Arms restaurant. As Nickie is stalked by a pair of homicidal sociopaths, Robin finds herself entangled not only in Cinda's investigative machinations but also a murderous plot by former U.S Ambassador and tycoon Eamon Douglass to eradicate the hated college with a suicide detonation of a Cesium 137 dirty bomb. Lives and secrets hang in the balance until everything comes to a head on the morning of Windfield's annual spring picnic: April Fools Day.

Filled with richly-drawn characters and building to a stunning climax, SHE'S MY DAD is a story about the destructiveness of hate, the power of love, and the redemptive triumph of good over evil.

Like her title character Nickie Farrell, Iolanthe Woulff is a transsexual woman. A sixty-year-old Princeton-educated English major, she lives in Palm Springs, CA, where for several years she wrote a column in a local magazine about the challenges of gender transition. As the eldest child of author Herman Wouk, storytelling has always been dear to Ms. Woulff's heart. Her hope is that besides providing a suspenseful read, SHE'S MY DAD will help to dispel some of the widespread misconceptions about transsexual people.

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469 pages
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Outskirts Press
Publication date

November 13, 2009
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6 x 1.05 x 9 inches
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1432743775
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978-1432743772
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Ultimately, this novel is a deft and nuanced study in contradictions, clashes, and mismatches, and a stirring reminder that so often that's exactly what life is... A rich web of complex questions, rendered beautifully in this tale of a transgender professor. - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Against the backdrop of vivid, well-drawn characters and a riveting central plot line, author Iolanthe Woulff has crafted a standout tale of love, tolerance, and forgiveness in the face of hatred and bigotry... She's My Dad is an engaging story of everyday humanity at its most raw, one that is sure to open the reader's eyes to a fresh new perspective on a long-debated issue. A highly recommended, deeply insightful read. - Morgan Drake, Apex Reviews

This book is about good over evil, about faith in human beings and about self-discovery and the power of love... I believe in Ms. Woulff's characters because I have seen them with my own eyes. The suspense in this novel will keep you reading and the message it brings will stay with you forever. - Sharon Clayton, The Eclectic Review

Author Iolanthe Woulff offers readers a contemporary character-driven plot. She carefully weaves the threads of the various plots together to create a book that the most discriminating reader will enjoy. - Anne Boling, Readers' Favorite

Woulff has written nothing short of the most amazing GLBT novel this reviewer has read... The plot is flawless and intriguing. The characters are engaging and very real. The social issues addressed range from homophobia to lesbian bias and right through to transgender prejudice. I would recommend this book to everyone who lives in contemporary American society. - Chris Phillips, Bestsellersworld.com

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SHE'S MY DAD has been honored as a Finalist in the GLBT category of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

2010 Rainbow Awards - Winner: Best Bisexual/Transgender Contemporary.
Finalist: Mystery/Suspense, 2011 Global eBook Awards.
Gold Medal: Fiction/Intrigue, 2011 Reader's Favorite Awards.
2012 IndieExcellence Book Awards, Winner, Best LGBT Fiction.

Winner, General Fiction, 2017 Southern California Book Festival

Bronze Medal, Best of Backlist, 2018 Feathered Quill Book Awards

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Publisher : Outskirts Press; First Edition (November 13, 2009)
Language : English
Paperback : 469 pages
ISBN-10 : 1432743775
ISBN-13 : 978-1432743772
Item Weight : 1.51 pounds
Dimensions : 6 x 1.05 x 9 inches

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Molly G. Hamblin

growth and pain - love buried amid the ashes

Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2019

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sometimes our life is filled with less love than we'd like in it, and we get buried by the hate and anger - sometimes our own, sometimes from others.

in this book, one man tries to burn to the ground liberal education with his hate and anger.

others try to live, love, and survive.

a moving and angst filled story that opens so many doors to a variety of discussions.

from an amazing author, another book you just should not pass up!

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Sidney D. Lehr

A book to open your mind

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2016

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I picked this book up to read on a recent trip. I was intrigued by chapter 3 and had trouble putting it down by chapter 7. The story line is multi-dimensional and complex in its presentation. This book did a really great job of helping me to understand some of the complex social issues facing our nation and world today, and I am a better human being for having read it. My heart is more open to people of different social upbringing and sexual orientation after the author's magnificent presentation of a side of an issue to which I had no previous exposure.

Most of us don't spend much time thinking what it would be like to have been born the opposite gender, or born with the feeling of being assigned one physical gender with the inner feeling of belonging to the opposite gender. Today's society has little room for the small minority of people with gender identity issues. Because they are in the minority does not make them insignificant and unimportant.

What the author accomplishes by telling her story allows her to demonstrate the universal truths that bind us together as a human race - despite our differences in beliefs, ethics, politics, etc. we all have the same basic needs and desires, and our differences pale in comparison to our similarities despite how things may seem at first glance. We fear what we do not understand. I now understand things I did not prior to reading this book. I will probably be forever changed, in a good way, for having read and understood this book and the point of view it portrays.

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R. Burke

A Page-Turner

Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2015

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I give this book five stars due to the excellent character development and plotting. It is long, but once I started, I couldn't put it down. I savored the twists and turns along the way, and how good and evil was portrayed. Controversial issues were incorporated into the story, (and I put !controversial' in brackets) with care and intelligence. I haven't enjoyed a 'good read' this much in some time.

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Samuel Rafael

Well worth the wait!

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2010

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This is a novel that was well worth the wait. The author writes from her heart in this riveting, well-written, suspenseful and intricate story containing all the elements you would ever want to have in a transgender romance, set against the background of domestic terrorism. With an ingenious and well-researched plot, the author sensitively weaves and ties together the elements of psychopathic hatred, transphobia and homophobia into a tale of love, heroism and eventual redemption. Fortunately for the protagonists, the "redemption" they experience is not of the same variety that the central villain had in mind.

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Thom PSCA

Love and Redemption Triumph Over Evil and Hatred

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2011

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Most of my prior reading relating to transsexual and transgender issues has been of an academic/scholarly nature, or first person accounts; so the prospect of a novel about a transsexual woman returning to her alma mater several decades after having unknowingly fathered a son sounded interesting. Interesting, it turns out, is a HUGE understatement! I could barely put this engaging book down--and what I had planned for a leisurely weekend read turned out to be an almost non-stop read in one afternoon!

Ms Woulff's richly drawn characters and gripping, intertwined subplots both elucidate and subject the reader to a whole range of emotions--hatred, fear, sadness, contempt, but throughout-- and ultimately--love. One needn't be a member of the LGBT community to be inspired by this book. Indeed, only the most jaded among us would fail to see--and grow by--the valuable lessons it offers.

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ken pengelly

The inner self: one trans woman's journey

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2015

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She's My Dad needs to be in every public library. Two eyes, each a different color (heterochromia iridum), becomes central to the story in which transgender Nikie Farrell bonds with a son she fathered whilst a college student at the very university where she is now an instructor in the English department. You'll hate the red necks and love, love, love Nikie's campus allies. Share in the joys and sorrows of a member of the trans community as she relates this page-turning journey.

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#1Dayvid

A Great Read!

Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2010

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Suspense-filled "She's My Dad" is a book you don't want to put down! From the opening paragraph the reader is sucked in as the story unfolds from the perspectives of the well-developed characters as they each deal with life in different ways.

The battle between good and evil is centered around the main character in the book who is a transsexual person. Those who are closed-minded tend to be judgmental and hateful. Others struggle to change attitudes and perceptions.

Iolanthe Woulff knows how to weave intrigue throughout a plot that deals with homophobia and transphobia in a conservative culture.

I had to read the book in one sitting! A really good read!

Dayvid Graybill, M.Div.
Transitional Minister
Mountain States Mennonite Conference
Mennonite Church USA

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Ruth Ann O'Keefe

Enlightening Book

Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2013

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I found this book absolutely fascinating, gripping and in short, a terrific "read"--from the opening word to the ending word. And of course I learned a lot, while enjoying the very complex tale with its many strands woven in and throughout. An amazing tapestry about a subject area unfamiliar to me. I became another of the many fans of this remarkable book. My hat is off to the author for her courage--and brilliance--in writing this engaging book about a tough subject to address. Thank you.

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ML H.

Excellent read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2017

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Another excellent read from Iolanthe Woulff Having just read Stainer by Iolanthe Woulff I jumped straight into She's My Day expecting more of the same witty insightful writing with a good story and I wasn't disappointed.
In fact She's My Dad is my favourite book of the two. The plot is involved without losing momentum, the characters are well nuanced and the underlying social observation is dealt with tactfully and with genuine insight. Yet again, I couldn't think of anything less than five stars.

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Karen E. Proctor

Very Good.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2017

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A cautionary tale about the consequences of blind prejudice? You bet! With an exceedingly clever plot and superbly conceptualised characters, I turned the first page of She’s My Dad and was totally hooked right through to the end. I like novels with a cautionary theme and She’s My Dais is about as cautionary as you will get as well as being poignant and a very good read. Very much enjoyed this and Stainer by the same author.

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