Perfect Peace by Daniel Black

The heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern familyΓÇÖs attempt to grapple with their motherΓÇÖs desperate decision to make her newborn son into the daughter she will never have.

When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, ΓÇ£You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ainΓÇÖt what you was supposed to be. So, from now on, you gonΓÇÖ be a boy. ItΓÇÖll be a little strange at first, but youΓÇÖll get used to it, and thisΓÇÖll be over after while.ΓÇ¥

From this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events. Meanwhile, the Peace family is forced to question everything they thought they knew about gender, sexuality, unconditional love, and fulfillment.

Genre: Historical Fiction