Contents

Introduction … 5
What determines my femininity? 20
Mothers and daughters, four stories … 26
Mothers and daughters, digging deeper … 37
More roots: father, family, peers, and trauma … 47
Emotional dependency … 59
Loneliness … 70
Developing healthy same-sex friendships … 80
I am a woman! 91
Moving into the land of promise … 108
Prayers and petitions … 121
Testimony … 130