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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman
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'This is a searing account of the author's physical, spiritual and emotional journey from man to woman. Josie has lived and loved as a man and as a woman. This is the story of her voyage from his days working in desert mining and construction camps through to the struggles with her family and eventual reconciliation with her dying mother. It is the story of his loves and his marriage as a man, of fatherhood, and his passage through the barriers of gender and sex. The story of the shock of discovering her need - as a woman - to be with a man. An account, as well, of personal spiritual discovery, The Real Possibility of Joy opens up the mystery of what it means to be human and captures the joy of living one's own, hard-won, personal truth.' (Publisher's description)

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Works about this Work

Transformation Left Joy Unconfined Imre Salusinszky , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 October 2009; (p. 8)
A Man's Journey to Womanhood Justine Ettler , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 December 2009; (p. 29)

— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman Josephine Emery , 2009 single work autobiography
[Review] The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman Angela Meyer , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 33)

— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman Josephine Emery , 2009 single work autobiography
Pick of the Week Fiona Capp , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 November 2009; (p. 26)

— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman Josephine Emery , 2009 single work autobiography
Woman on the Verge Caroline Overington , 2009 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 September 2009; (p. 5)
The Journey from John to Josephine Ian Warden , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 19 September 2009; (p. 16)

— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman Josephine Emery , 2009 single work autobiography
Pick of the Week Fiona Capp , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 7 November 2009; (p. 26)

— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman Josephine Emery , 2009 single work autobiography
[Review] The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman Angela Meyer , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , September vol. 89 no. 2 2009; (p. 33)

— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman Josephine Emery , 2009 single work autobiography
A Man's Journey to Womanhood Justine Ettler , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 December 2009; (p. 29)

— Review of The Real Possibility of Joy : A Personal Journey from Man to Woman Josephine Emery , 2009 single work autobiography
Woman on the Verge Caroline Overington , 2009 single work biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12-13 September 2009; (p. 5)
Transformation Left Joy Unconfined Imre Salusinszky , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 October 2009; (p. 8)
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