Amy Ellis Nutt, "Becoming Nicole"

A Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post science writer, Nutt is the author of Shadows Bright as Glass and co-author of The Teenage Brain. Her new book is the intimate account of a family suddenly questioning its most fundamental assumptions. Adoptive parents of identical twin boys, the middle-class, politically conservative couple were unprepared when one of their toddlers began to identify as a girl. As their child becomes their transgender daughter, all involve struggle with new meanings of gender, identity, and with acceptance. Founded by Carla Cohen and Barbara Meade in 1984, Politics & Prose Bookstore is Washington, D.C.'s premier independent bookstore and cultural hub, a gathering place for people interested in reading and discussing books. Politics & Prose offers superior service, unusual book choices, and a haven for book lovers in the store and online. Visit them on the web at http://www.politics-prose.com/