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A life-affirming and important memoir about the changing shape of gender and society from a popular and beloved author

About the Author

Alexandra Heminsley is an author, ghostwriter, journalist, broadcaster and speaker particularly known for encouraging women to enjoy sport and fitness. Her bestselling books include Running Like a Girl and Leap In. She lives in Hove with her son, and proudly co-parents her LGBT+ family.

Reviews

Heartbreak and happiness sit in tandem in Alexandra Heminsley's wise and generous book . . . . As Alex slowly reconciles herself to the loss of a husband, she recognises that the three of them will still be a family and that, despite the trauma, she is once again happy in her own skin -- Eithne Farry * Daily Mirror *
Staggering . . . This is a world turned upside down . . . Heminsley is unflinching in her exploration of her feelings . . . Her Hollywood ending is her realisation that she doesn't have to blame herself for her situation; rather it is society's fault for creating a world where people like D are scared to express their gender identity -- Daisy Goodwin * Sunday Times *
Generous, calm and thoughtful . . . Some Body to Love argues cogently for greater openness and understanding towards different gender expressions . . . also page-turningly compelling -- Holly Williams * Observer *
This insightful memoir covers some hefty subjects -- gender identity, body image, infertility, divorce -- with wisdom and grace * Good Housekeeping *
A vital call for compassion and awareness . . . a hugely hopeful and deftly written book - and one that might encourage greater empathy in how we respond to all kinds of difference -- Gwendolyn Smith * i *
Breathtakingly honest, warm and generous, Some Body To Love is a testament to how family and love can be whatever shape we want them to be -- Sarra Manning * Red *
This memoir is going to change a lot of people's lives, and I think it's going to change the conversation -- Damian Barr * Big Scottish Book Club *
A brave, thoughtful and timely book -- calming and inspiring on our different relationships with our bodies, and vitally compassionate on trans rights -- Naomi Alderman
Insightful and wise, generous and kind -- David Nicholls
A treatise on empathy and grace in extraordinary circumstances -- Jojo Moyes
It took my breath away . . . It's such a beautiful book, so full of compassion and kindness even in its furious honesty . . . You are going to love it * Bryony Gordon *
A book about how a personal crisis caused someone to open up rather than shut down . . . really admirable and carefully done . . . on bodies, families, gender identity, bravery -- Amy Liptrot
Wise, kind, funny, sad and beautifully written. Everyone who occupies a human body should read it -- Erin Kelly
Fabulous . . . Sensitively and cleverly written . . . remarkable -- Judy Murray
The most moving and real account of a person's relationship with their body I have ever read... A book with a wild, deep, joyous, tender love of people at its heart -- Emma Jane Unsworth