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But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD—a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth of Foo’s parents abandoned her when she was a teenager, after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought she’d moved on, but her new diagnosis illuminated the way her past continued to threaten her health, relationships, and career. She found limited resources to help her, so Foo set out to heal herself, and to map her experiences onto the scarce literature about C-PTSD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Foo interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies. 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From working-class New England to the queer punk scene of early ’90s-San Francisco to New Mexico’s deserts, Bombardier documents his experiences with compassion and reverence, offering us an expansive view of gender and sexuality, masculinity and tenderness, and the difference between surviving and thriving. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e By documenting trans history through his life in the arts, trans elder Bombardier lends much-needed insight into the lives, coming out, and transitions of older transgender people.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"product-details__contributors\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-about-the-book\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-about 9780593238127 isbn-related seemoreenable show opened\" id=\"seemore-0\" height-fold=\"377\" target-height=\"904.25\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"overview\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ePass with Care: Memoirs\u003c\/em\u003e offers a bridge between queer and trans generations, revealing a unique reckoning with what it means to become a man today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"mobile-listen-to-a-clip\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"slot product-listen show\"\u003e\n\u003ca name=\"#listen-to-a-clip\" id=\"listenToAClip\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection data-component=\"product-supplemental\" class=\"product-supplemental\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"\" aria-hidden=\"false\" id=\"title-4748-description\" class=\"product-supplemental__details\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[[[Specifications]]]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e278\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYear Published\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[[[More Info]]]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dottirpress.com\/cooper-lee-bombardier\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.dottirpress.com\/cooper-lee-bombardier\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCooper Lee Bombardier\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis a writer and visual artist from the South Shore of Boston. 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An open-hearted being, she tries to live among those settlers, and guide them to a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of all beings and the world itself. As their numbers grow, though, so does conflict, and Miss Chief begins to understand that the challenges posed by the hordes of newly arrived Europeans will mean ever greater danger for her, her people, and, by extension, all of the world she cherishes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlending history, fiction, and memoir in bold new ways, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are unlike anything published before. 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A member of Fisher River Cree Nation in Treaty 5 Territory (Manitoba, Canada), he lives and works in Dish With One Spoon Territory (Toronto, Canada). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMonkman’s painting and installation works are held in public collections of institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Denver Art Museum; Hirshhorn Museum; National Gallery of Canada; Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal; Art Gallery of Ontario; and La maison rouge, Paris. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" height=\"230\" width=\"153\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-bottom: 6px; float: left;\" alt=\"Gisèle Gordon | Penguin Random House Canada\" src=\"https:\/\/images.randomhouse.com\/author\/2158911\"\u003eGISÉLE GORDON is a settler media artist and writer based in Dish With One Spoon Territory (Toronto, Canada). Her solo work includes the feature-length documentary, \u003ci\u003eThe Tunguska Project\u003c\/i\u003e (Best Feature Length Film at the Planet in Focus Film Festival, 2005), the video installations \u003ci\u003eCrosscurrent\u003c\/i\u003e (2013 Moscow Biennale), and \u003ci\u003eThe Land that Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e (with Hannah Hurtzig, Luminato 2014).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGisèle Gordon and Kent Monkman’s collaborative art practice spans three decades. Their work together includes the sound and light installation \u003ci\u003eIskootao \u003c\/i\u003e(Nuit Blanche, 2010) and over a dozen short films that have screened at TIFF, Sundance, and Berlin. 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