What people are saying…
“What we want in a memoir is all here: self-awareness, wisdom, wit and lessons learned—and a catfish swimming in the bathtub. Without Shame is entertaining, insightful and always approachable. Highly recommended.”
—Elizabeth Folwell, former editor of Adirondack Life and author of Short Carries
“Ribald, funny and learned…A fresh and bracingly honest tale that goes down as easily as a cold beer on a hot day.”
—Peter Kaminsky, author of American Waters and The Elements of Taste
“An extraordinary journey. Fascinating. Touching. Funny. Don’t miss it. This is a sharp, beautifully written book about the happy-sad-frightening-lucky-unlucky discoveries we make about ourselves as we grow up… Akstens offers stunning insight into the transgender experience, and also gives us the humor and emotion of all aspects of a life well-lived.”
—Richard DiLallo, co-author with James Patterson of the #1 NYT bestseller AlexCross’s Trial
“An excellent book...unlike any other transgender book I have read--it's the transgender book I wish I had written.”
—Femulate.org
“Intimate, bold, relevant to our time and funny as hell.”
—The Players Newsletter
“Without Shame is a beautifully written, amusing and perceptive memoir of a highly unusual life journey, recounted with singularly sly wit. At the end of this delightful read, Miranda’s exclamation in Shakespeare’s The Tempest came to mind: ‘Oh brave new world that has such people in it!’”
—Richard Ferrone, actor
Without Shame is a beautifully written, amusing and perceptive memoir of a highly unusual life journey, recounted with singularly sly wit. At the end of this delightful read Miranda’s exclamation in Shakespeare’s The Tempest came to mind: “Oh brave new world that has such people in it!”