{"product_id":"9781776390687","title":"I Am Tshiamo","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a child I would often lie awake at night, praying that through some miracle I would be woken up by people who had come to take me back to my rightful family, and that those I had come to know as my parents would tell me the truth: that I was, in fact, adopted and had been born a girl and they had had a doctor operate on me.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up as Kgositsile, meaning 'king',  Tshiamo Modisane  always knew that she was a girl despite her assigned birth gender. This talented child of a pastor from KwaThema and Daveyton townships near Johannesburg was expected to conform to conservative black culture's expectations for a male, and would endure censure and even abuse from family, friends, peers and strangers into adulthood. Yet Tshiamo began making courageous choices at the age of five, a journey of both self-doubt and self-belief that culminated in gender-affirmation surgery in her thirties. With sass, faith and baked-in confidence from her family ties to the entertainment world, she successfully transitioned from male to female while navigating a career as an actress, celebrity stylist and Lux's first gender-non-conforming brand ambassador.\u003cbr\u003eAs admirable as it is affirming, this poignant memoir examines past hurts and present truths, and opens up a sorely needed discussion about unconditional acceptance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Tshiamo+Modisane\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eTshiamo Modisane\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tshiamo Modisane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382590685347,"sku":"9781776390687","price":270.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781776390687_e6de986d-1771-48b4-92b5-504f9c71ebe8.jpg?v=1776584651","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781776390687","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}