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Paralian: Not  just  transgender

By Liam Klenk

Author interview opportunities: Liam Klenk will be in the UK as part of his book launch press tour and available for face-to-face, telephone and in-studio interviews on the following days:April 8th-15th (unavailable on 11th April), May 30th-June 3^rd, July 13th-15th

Paralian(definition: ancient Greek meaning ‘one who lives by the sea') is a memoir narrated through the author's relationship to water. We follow Liam Klenk's tumultuous journey to find his authentic self and happiness against more than a lifetime's worth of adversities. At five months old Liam was adopted from an orphanage and ushered into a unique journey, which introduced him to the characters that would become both the currents that moved him and the rocks that supported him.

Liam, who lives in Zurich with his wife, says: "At three years old I began catching odd glances because I was born in a girl's body yet began to introduce myself to people as a boy."Paraliantells the remarkable story of an honest, at times challenging life, and offers insight and wisdom from a fluid position - from experience.

Follow Liam from a small river in Germany to the biggest performance pool in the world, from Switzerland to the US, the Maldives to Macau.

About the Author

Liam has travelled around the world, enjoyed a variety of careers and lived in many countries searching for somewhere to feel truly at home. He left his native Germany to study in the United States, returning to Germany only briefly before leaving for art school in Switzerland. He then became a Scuba instructor in the Maldives, which unexpectedly led to an incredible role in Belgium on the world's largest water show. He then lived in Macau, Hong-Kong and Canada before returning to Germany and now lives in Zurich, Switzerland.

Liam was propelled on his seemingly relentless travels by a quest for understanding of himself, the world around him and the cultures that he interacted with along the way. And now...? Well now, Liam says: "I am dreaming of becoming a full-time author. I am dreaming of giving TED talks and the like in the future, of sharing my positive outlook on life without being patronising, political or esoteric, nor demanding sympathy. Maybe I can even make a very, very tiny bit of difference in a few people's lives."

Quote from Paralian

It still took a few years to lose the rest of my physical femininity. My body lost its curves in stages. Body hair continued to sprout, my Adam's apple grew more pronounced and my muscles, stronger. As for the lingering psychological femininity, the successful surgeries had strengthened my resolve to embrace even further the person I had started out being. I would integrate my female side into the male adult I was becoming. I was Liam, and something inside my soul knew with absolute certainty he was who I had been all my life. More than ever, I was confident to not let my life be controlled by clichés and abstract societal constructs. I had just escaped one prison and saw no reason to voluntarily admit myself to the next one. I knew I was a man - not by anyone else's standards but by my own.

The Essential Details

Category:Memoir

ISBN:9781785891205

eISBN:9781785894992

Format:Paperback & eBook

Available on Amazon & in all good book shops

Price:£11.99

Release Date:28 May 2016

Publisher:Matador

Press folder:http://bit.ly/1ZgJJFw

More information online:

Twitter:https://twitter.com/liamklenk

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/thefortunatenomad

Website & blog:

https://liamklenk.wordpress.com

Author profile:

http://www.literallypr.com/public_relations/file/liam_klenk-Paralian.php

Publisher page:

http://www.troubador.co.uk/book_info.asp?bookid=3743

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