Just Nod If You Can Hear Me: A Memoir

Chuck Keiran is a steamfitter—a tough and tormented working-class antihero just trying to survive in an industrial nightmare of his own making. Worse yet, Chuck has a secret: Chuck isn’t Chuck at all. Chuck is Rae, a trans woman too stubborn to drown in drink and drugs any longer. But is she strong enough to shoulder the abuse and scorn of a world that once loved Chuck and now wishes the woman away—or worse?

Just Nod If You Can Hear Me pulses with the manic energy of a mind wrestling with survival and identity. A fearless mix of gritty realism and unexpected elegance, this memoir is a visceral exploration of the courage it takes to stand up for yourself when your whole world wants you to stay down.