03106cam a2200337 i 4500 288601630 TxAuBib 20170401120000.0 170315s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017000493 9781455596751 HRD 30.00 1455596752 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Jenner, Caitlyn, 1949- The secrets of my life / Caitlyn Jenner ; with Buzz Bissinger. First edition. New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2017. x, 320 pages, : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Imagine denying your core and soul. Then add to it the most impossible expectations that people have for you because you are the personification of The American Male Athlete." Bruce Jenner, the celebrated Olympic icon and later the patriarch of one of the most famous families in the world, seemed to be living a dream life of success, fame, and prosperity. But the all-American image and million-dollar smile belied a lifelong struggle with gender dysphoria, and it wasn't until the sensational Diane Sawyer interview that the public mask of Bruce Jenner was finally retired, and through the memorable Vanity Fair piece by Buzz Bissinger, that Caitlyn Jenner was introduced to the world and set free to exist on her own terms. Since then, Caitlyn has undertaken an arduous emotional and physical odyssey to achieve the completeness she always felt was missing. In THE SECRETS OF MY LIFE, Caitlyn reflects on the inner conflict she experienced growing up in an era of rigidly defined gender identities, and the cruel irony of being hailed by an entire nation as the ultimate symbol of manhood. She recounts her Olympic triumph, her rise to fame, and relates how her sense of frustration and shame grew with the passing years and the lengths to which she had to go to conceal her true self. Caitlyn in turn uncovers the toll that these personal struggles had on her three marriages and, subsequently, the relationships with her children. She also talks candidly about her life in the public eye as a member of the Kardashian clan, what led to her decision to become Caitlyn, and how she, her family, the transgender community, and the rest of the world has since embraced her new life. Filled with incredibly personal and moving stories of struggle and victory, of anxiety and fear, and, finally, of surrender and acceptance, THE SECRETS OF MY LIFE reveals the real Caitlyn Jenner by tracing her long and eventful journey to becoming herself. 20170402. MG. Jenner, Caitlyn, 1949- Transgender people United States Biography. Track and field athletes United States Biography. Television personalities United States Biography. Autobiographies. Bissinger, Buzz, 1954-, author.