{"product_id":"9781922057808","title":"Eugenia: A Man","description":"In the spring of 1917 an apprentice from the Cumberland Paper Mills, just outside Sydney, was walking along a bush track beside the Lane Cove River when he discovered the partially burnt body of an unidentified woman. The arrest three years later of a 45-year-old Italian, Eugenia Falleni, for murder, led to an investigation that fascinated Australia.\u003cp\u003eKnown in the newspapers as the 'Man-Woman Case', the trial revealed that from the time she had left New Zealand and gone to sea as a cabin boy, Eugenia Falleni had lived at least twenty years of her life in the guise of a man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuzanne Falkiner has written a remarkable story that follows the course of her own efforts to accurately reconstruct Eugenia's extraordinary life, and provides an intriguing account of her subsequent trial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring questions never able to be answered at the time, the author also examines the plight of working-class migrant women, and reveals some of the secrets of a transgendered existence in an era when leading such a life was dangerous and unacceptable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1988, this new edition of Eugenia: A Man updates the story to include new information that has come to light since then.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Eugenia: A Man by Suzanne Falkiner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Thoughtful, absorbing.' -The Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Lucidly written by a trenchant and conscientious writer, Eugenia: A Man is undoubtedly the fullest and fairest account of the curious and tragic life of a transsexual in Sydney at the turn of the century.' -Mark Try, Campaign\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Suzanne Falkiner's treatment of this story is impressive in several ways. It skilfully alleviates the monotony of old documents; it traces a complex life with reportorial skill, it makes this past sequence a matter of present concern and enlightenment ... As the author of a good book, and, rarer still, a good book about crime, Falkiner deserves both praise and respect.' -Stephen Knight, The Age Monthly Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Well-researched and clearly written.' -Peter Corris, The Weekend Australian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xou Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050548117744,"sku":"9781922057808","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781922057808_p0.jpg?v=1763632889","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781922057808","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}