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Author Riley, Erin, author

Title A real piece of work : a memoir in essays / Erin Riley
Published [Hawthorn, VIC] : Viking, 2023
©2023

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Description xi, 243 pages ; 20 cm
Summary 'Language gave to me the body I knew was mine and brought into existence so many possibilities for what my gender can be.' Across these twenty fresh and boldly intimate stories, Erin Riley writes about the things that matter most- family, heartbreak, humanity, justice and swimming, and the messy, hard graft of becoming one's authentic self. In weaving together the everyday while questioning society and its structures, Erin gifts us stories that double as a manifesto on how to disrupt and reinvent narrative, identity, love and community. Life is complicated, messy and - when small risks are taken - even exhilarating. In Erin's hands we fall in love, get curious and become exasperated with (and sometimes charmed by) the people in their life, emerging with new perspectives on how to be in the world
Bibliography Includes bibliographic references
Subject Riley, Erin
Social workers -- Australia -- Anecdotes
Social justice
Social workers -- Australia -- Biography
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Gender identity
Australian essays -- 21st century
Sexual minorities -- Australia -- Biography
Non-binary people
Transmasculine people
Queer people
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Essays.
ISBN 9781761340154