Thursday, Jun. 02, 2011
Born Again: Myrtle Beach gets reaquainted with local woman that used to be a man
By Paul Grimshaw - for Weekly Surge
http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/06/02/2194747/born-again.htmlMemoirs and biographies of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances are big business. So big, in fact, that these compelling stories regularly represent the largest portion of the nonfiction book market, according to most New York Times Nonfiction Bestsellers lists. It seems we're interested in what makes people tick and to hear (or read) their stories.
So lucrative are these stories that many of them are partially or fully fictionalized with salacious and titillating details to help gain interview slots on TV talk shows and sell books. The fraudulent authors are eventually exposed, usually by Oprah. But Oprah won't have to do any finger-wagging at Myrtle Beach resident Chris Goldman, whose story of a recent sex change and transition from male-to-female seems epic in its scope, unbelievable to some, yet is quite true.
