OVER THE GENDER RAINBOW:
My Long Odyssey back to Womanhood

By Joni Kay Rose, M.Div., CHT
Author of THE JOY BEYOND CRAVING:
A Buddhist Perspective on Addiction and Recovery

In recent years there have been a number of first-person accounts by transsexual women and men, ranging from autobiographical accounts like Donna Rose's WRAPPED IN BLUE to collections of essays like Julia Serano's WHIPPING GIRL.  These accounts are immensely valuable in working to overcome the tremendous misunderstandings of transsexuals that persist among non-transgendered people, including even some mental health professionals.  Yet so far none of these accounts have dealt with past-life issues—UNTIL NOW.

OVER THE GENDER RAINBOW is the true first-person account of Joni Kay Rose, beginning with her remembered past as an old-maid schoolteacher in Europe during the early part of the twentieth century, her rape and murder in 1944 while still in her forties, her rebirth and early years as a boy in Ohio, New Jersey, and Michigan, her difficult life as an adult male in America, and her joyous return to womanhood at the age of 61.

"Joni Kay Rose has written her journey to wholeness, told in the raw and sensitive honesty of her feelings, the revelation of herself, the discovery of new life springing from the determination of a soul."

--Virginia T. Stephenson, co-author, Can Christians be Saved?
A Mystical Path to Oneness (CreateSpace, 2011)

"The journey of transformation, whatever that transformation may be, whatever the starting point or the end point, is an archetypal journey. It is everyone’s journey. Here is an account of a particular sort of journey, told by a woman of transgendered experience, who has looked behind the veil of fear and loss. It is a story told with honesty and insight. There are many people who are afraid of change of any kind, and there are many who do not yet understand a journey such as this. Why do some of us risk so much in order to arrive at an unknown destination? In this book you will learn about the heartbreak of such a journey, and you may also see how this is everyone’s journey, no matter who they are."

–Caitriona Reed: Buddhist Teacher, Master NLP Trainer, Public Speaker

"J.K. Rowling writes fantastic stories of a boy who became a wizard. J.K. Rose writes of a boy who became a woman, an even more fantastic story because it is true. Join Joni on her journey and learn something about how each of us must come to know our true self and choose our life's path."

--Lannie Rose (no relation), author of How To Change Your Sex: A Light-Hearted Look at the Hardest Thing You'll Ever Do
 

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