Until recently, I lived much of my life hiding who I truly was. Growing up in a Catholic world that was not always kind to people like me, I learned to suppress my true identity in the name of faith and family. For decades, I felt torn between the woman I knew myself to be and the role I had been forced to play to survive. But now, in my eighties, I have found the strength to live the life I had always dreamed of but never thought possible. In her memoir, Patricia Hailes tells the story of her life, from birth to rebirth.
Until recently, I lived much of my life hiding who I truly was. Growing up in a Catholic world that was not always kind to people like me, I learned to suppress my true identity in the name of faith and family. For decades, I felt torn between the woman I knew myself to be and the role I had been forced to play to survive. But now, in my eighties, I have found the strength to live the life I had always dreamed of but never thought possible. In her memoir, Patricia Hailes tells the story of her life, from birth to rebirth.
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