Who or what is she? Trying to be the boy her family desires, Claire Wilson struggles with her gender dysphoria until one day her mother explains that she was born a hermaphrodite, having two genders. Claire was born with a congenital defect but was medically mutilated as a baby at the behest of her father who wished to have all evidence of female traits removed. All around her see a boy, "William,” but when she looks in a mirror Claire sees a girl. Each time she tries to break out of the mold in which her family and society has placed her, her trauma deepens. Eventually something breaks. The Nymph is the middle book of a trilogy following the continuing story of a very remarkable woman who overcame gender dysphoria to eventually achieve what she had always wanted in life.
Who or what is she? Trying to be the boy her family desires, Claire Wilson struggles with her gender dysphoria until one day her mother explains that she was born a hermaphrodite, having two genders. Claire was born with a congenital defect but was medically mutilated as a baby at the behest of her father who wished to have all evidence of female traits removed. All around her see a boy, "William,” but when she looks in a mirror Claire sees a girl. Each time she tries to break out of the mold in which her family and society has placed her, her trauma deepens. Eventually something breaks. The Nymph is the middle book of a trilogy following the continuing story of a very remarkable woman who overcame gender dysphoria to eventually achieve what she had always wanted in life.