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Surpassing Certainty

What My Twenties Taught Me

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Surpassing Certainty

By: Janet Mock
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Riveting, rousing, and utterly real, Surpassing Certainty is a portrait of a young woman searching for her purpose and place in the world - without a road map to guide her.

The journey begins a few months before her 20th birthday. Janet Mock is adjusting to her days as a first-generation college student at the University of Hawaii and her nights as a dancer at a strip club. Finally content in her body, she vacillates between flaunting and concealing herself as she navigates dating and disclosure, sex and intimacy, and, most important, letting herself be truly seen.

Under the neon lights of Club Nu, Janet meets Troy, a yeoman stationed at Pearl Harbor naval base, who becomes her first. The pleasures and perils of their union serve as a backdrop for Janet's progression through her early 20s with all the universal growing pains - falling in and out of love, living away from home, and figuring out what she wants to do with her life.

Despite her disadvantages, fueled by her dreams and inimitable drive, Janet makes her way through New York City while holding her truth close. She builds a career in the highly competitive world of magazine publishing - within the unique context of being trans, a woman, and a person of color.

Long before she became one of the world's most respected media figures and lauded leaders for equality and justice, Janet was a girl taking the time she needed to just be - to learn how to advocate for herself before becoming an advocate for others. As you witness Janet's slow-won success and painful failures, Surpassing Certainty will embolden you, shift the way you see others, and affirm your journey in search of self.

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Love Her!

I absolutely love Janet Mock, and the fact that she is is the narrator makes you feel like you share her experiences first hand. Now I just have to wait until she writes a new book 😩

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A Must Read

Beautifully written and read. Janet Mock is a force and her story will help you understand your own.

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A queen.

Janet is a woman whom I greatly admire. Her writing has and will continue to make a massive impact on the lives of trans people, and I'm very grateful to have such an incredible person to look up to.

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Moving

Every page is a revelation. Thank you, Janet, for sharing your story so honestly. It feels like a private conversation with a soul mate.

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Remarkable, Moving, Inspirational

I read Janet's first book and that was amazing. This book was so moving, inspiring, and admirable of hearing what she went thru.

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Beautiful Read

Such a gorgeous story that follows the journey of a woman coming into her own! I adore this work!

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I could listen to her voice for days

Janet's voice is like velvet. And the way she tells her story of her growth and finding herself and her audience is powerful and moving and also beautiful in how easily relatable it is.

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Janet's Voice Makes Everything Better

She's an incredible writer, and I can't imagine hearing it read by anyone else. Honestly, just listen. You'll see what I mean.

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love it

good read. alot of self reflective moments while listening to her story. Great job on representation.

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I love this

I love this I have the book and her first book which I read about 3 times but hearing her story moves me as young trans women of
Color her first book came out in a time when I needed it the most it show me self love that I can be worthy of love career and self acceptance the second one hearing Janet story in her voice give me the tools to self heal from pass traumas and to allow my self to open to all the blessings around me thank you for this Janet my Shero🙏🏽🥰 the voice I needed to hear.

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