{"product_id":"9781101655962","title":"Man Made: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eSoon to be a major motion picture, here is the funny, revealing, harrowing memoir of a star journalist and  hotshot hockey pro who discovers that he is biochemically changing into a  woman.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the surface, Ken Baker seemed a model man. He was a nationally ranked hockey goalie; a Hollywood correspondent for\u003ci\u003e People;\u003c\/i\u003e a guest-lister at celebrity parties; and girls came on to him. Inside,  though, he didn't feel like the man he was supposed to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKen  found that despite being attracted to women, he had little sex drive and  even less of a sex life. To his anguish, he repeatedly found himself  unable to perform sexually. Regardless of strenuous workouts, his body  remained flabby and soft, earning him the nickname \"Pear\" from his macho  teammates. Physically, matters grew even more bizarre when he  discovered that he was lactating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe testosterone-driven culture  in which Ken grew up made it agonizingly difficult for him to seek  help. But in time he discovered something that lifted years of pain,  frustration, and confusion: a brain tumor was causing his body to be  flooded with massive amounts of a female hormone, which was disabling  his masculinity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive hours of surgery accomplished what years  of therapy, rumination, and denail could not -- and allowed Ken Baker to  finally feel -- and function -- like a man. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKen's story is coming to the screen in Fall 2016 in a much-anticipted Netflix feature film, T\u003ci\u003ehe Late Bloomer\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Academy Award-winner JK Simmons (\u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Order, Whiplash, Spider-Man)\u003c\/i\u003e and Jane Lynch (\u003ci\u003eGlee, The 40-Year-Old Virgin\u003c\/i\u003e). Watch for the TarcherPerigee movie tie-in edition.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120896131312,"sku":"9781101655962","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101655962_p0.jpg?v=1763689667","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101655962","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}