Change for Good

Research scientist John Thorp began life with the outward appearance of a female but with the mind and spirit of a male. With puberty came increasing confusion and distress. Although graduating MSc and the PhD and lecturing in chemistry at Guy's Hospital Medical School the young Josephine (Jo) Thorp faced derision and isolation from society. The story, candid and often funny as well as piercingly sad, overwhelmingly shows that what is not understood is so often feared and mocked. The only escape from a lonely non-life seemed to be suicide however in one of the rarest of love stories a woman named Joan saw through the outward Jo to the inner John. With her steadfast support Jo was inspired to endure the operations and treatments to turn him into John. Unsensational but always frank, a scientist's own simply-worded story, here is a book that will be widely discussed. It can't fail to make readers look into their own hearts and minds.Thorp, John is the author of 'Change for Good', published 2006 under ISBN 9781877340079 and ISBN 1877340073.