One part history of heavy metal, one part travelogue, one part campaign handbook, one part coming out story, Burn the Page is one politician’s fascinating climb to authenticity through gender identity and tenacity.
When Danica Roem became the first openly trans woman to be elected the Virginia House of Delegates, she became not only a public figure, but headline news. Roem was the most unlikely of candidates, with her run for office being a culmination of DJing late night college radio, a career in print journalism, and remaining a closeted trans woman until she was nearly 30. Still, she managed to become a voice of democratic change in an otherwise right wing jurisdiction.
Burn the Page is proof that nothing--not selectively social alcoholism, a 1.1 grade point average, or being broke without health insurance--can stop you from achieving your dreams and chasing your passions. Through self-opposition research for her own political campaigns, Roem has penned a completely one-of-a-kind memoir that will remind readers to see obstacles as opportunities and being one’s true self as the foundation of a life well lived.
A toolkit for unapologetically becoming the best version of yourself, Roem has a positive message in Burn the Page: achieving an impractical dream manufactures hope for the future, no matter how impossible that dream may seem. A must-read for fans of unlikely heroes, LGBTQ rights, humor, and of course, heavy metal.
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