Hi, This is Unpretending for Unpretending’s Substack.
Today I’m introducing you to a novel that Spencer, with the permission from the author is going to read aloud on Spencer Reads. Freeing Finch is one of 6 novels written by Ginny Rorby, an award-winning author who lives in Fort Bragg, California.
The story is about a young girl, endearingly named Finch by her neighbour, Maddy, who accepts Finch for who she is. Being born a girl in a boy’s body is hard enough, however losing both her parents and being raised by stepparents who don’t understand her, make life even more complicated. She befriends an abandoned dog, and through life’s ups and downs Finch learns she is okay to be herself and stand up for who she is, by learning to trust the people who love and care for her.
MultiMes bought Freeing Finch for Spencer and others within our System to read. We have both males and females within us, and many, including Spencer are learning they are allowed to be who they are and are allowed to accept they are different from the body.
As Spencer read the children’s novel, their understanding began to open up about their past and why it wasn’t okay for them to be themselves and why they live in a body with others. They and many of us in this System are also learning to trust those who love and care for us too. It’s never too late to learn.
By the end of the novel, Spencer had decided that everyone in the world needs to read this book (remember they are between 10 and 12 years old), and they asked our System if they could read it on Spencer Reads, I said that I could write to Ginny Rorby and ask permission, which I did, telling her a little about us and our Substack. Ginny replied, giving us the permission, and it is with great pleasure Spencer begins to read Freeing Finch on their section - Spencer Reads.
Spencer will continue reading Dot And The Kangaroo however with Freeing Finch there will not be the transcript of the story. Spencer will put the transcript of what they say before and after reading the chapter. If you would like to read along with Spencer, you can get a copy of Freeing Finch on the link here on our Substack or where all good books are sold.
FREEING FINCH - BY GINNY RORBY
Spencer is also going to try to leave comments to the end of the chapter, and then talk about the reactions they have or what the chapter has brought up for them in themselves or in our System.
We look forward to this new series and we hope you enjoy it, it’s really a really thoughtfully written book. It’s beautiful, we enjoyed it very much.
This has been Unpretending, for Unpretending’s Substack.
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