Lucy Sante

Moving . . . powerful . . . Her sharpness and sanity, moodiness and skepticism are the appeal.

Reading this book is a joy . . . funny and warm

Not to be missed, I Heard Her Call My Name is a powerful example of self-reflection and a vibrant exploration of the modern dynamics of gender and identity

Marked by clarity and self-awareness . . . powerful

An astonishing, once-in-a-lifetime achievement, as two stories thread into one, from losing yourself in the lights, the sounds, the eyes of others, to the miraculous discovery of the language with which you can put yourself back together

Radical, humble, and wise, Sante’s account of discovery is the most generous of gifts — a book to treasure, and a memoir that will enter the canon of twenty-first-century greats

I've admired the utter clarity and authority of Lucy Sante's work for years, and I was deeply moved by how she tunneled through the specificity of her experiences to create this vivid, encompassing, and compassionate book

Catherine Lacey, author of Biography of X

A generous, fearlessly revealing book, full of heart. Lucy Sante brings a reader through her transition, a story that moves across continents, time, and discovery. It is revitalising. Sante’s dedication to truth asks beautifully honest questions: Who deserves to be a woman? What do we contain? What is it to live, survive, to thrive? This celebration of womanhood is fresh air you will want to breathe in deeply

Samantha Hunt, author of The Unwritten Book and The Seas

Rueful and wise on the strictures and pretence of masculinity . . . a writer of rich cultural retrospect.

An absorbing analysis of a long-standing search for identity in writing and life

Poignant, arresting, and ultimately affirming

This memoir reads like a reckoning of a soul and readers ought to be left feeling grateful and moved by Lucy Sante&rsquo;s gift.

A memoir of transition

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2024 
 
‘Moving’ THE NEW YORK TIMES 
 
‘A joy’ THE WASHINGTON POST 
 
‘Vibrant’ LIT HUB 
 
‘Powerful’ NEW YORKER 
 
Lucy Sante has often felt like an outsider. Born in Belgium to conservative Catholic working-class parents, she was transplanted to the United States without ever entirely settling here. But a feeling of home finally arrived when she moved to New York City in the early 1970s amidst her fellow bohemians. Through those electric years, some of her friends would die young, from drugs and AIDS, and others would become jarringly famous. Lucy flirted with both fates, on her way to building a glittering career as a writer. But she could never shake that feeling. 
 
When she was finally ready, Lucy decided to confront the façade she’d been presenting to everyone, including herself, over these years. I Heard Her Call My Name is the story of that confrontation, of a life with a missing piece that with transition, falls into place. This a memoir of grace and wit that parses the issues of gender identity and far beyond with unbounding humility and hope. 
 
'Radical, humble and wise' HERMIONE HOBY 
 
'An astonishing, once-in-a-lifetime achievement' HUA HSU 
 
'Vivid, encompassing and compassionate' CATHERINE LACEY

Lucy Sante

Praise for I Heard Her Call My Name

Moving . . . powerful . . . Her sharpness and sanity, moodiness and skepticism are the appeal.

Reading this book is a joy . . . funny and warm

Not to be missed, I Heard Her Call My Name is a powerful example of self-reflection and a vibrant exploration of the modern dynamics of gender and identity

Moving . . . powerful . . . Her sharpness and sanity, moodiness and skepticism are the appeal.

Reading this book is a joy . . . funny and warm

Not to be missed, I Heard Her Call My Name is a powerful example of self-reflection and a vibrant exploration of the modern dynamics of gender and identity

Moving . . . powerful . . . Her sharpness and sanity, moodiness and skepticism are the appeal.

Reading this book is a joy . . . funny and warm

Not to be missed, I Heard Her Call My Name is a powerful example of self-reflection and a vibrant exploration of the modern dynamics of gender and identity

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