Watch a live event with July/August 2020 Book Club selection author Joanne Vannicola and Gender Rights Campaigner Jacqueline Hansen, discussing Joanne’s book All We Knew But Couldn’t Say, navigating gender identity in life and their career, and activism for LGBTI rights.
About the Book: Joanne Vannicola grew up in a violent home with a physically abusive father and a mother who had no sexual boundaries. After being pressured to leave home at fourteen and after fifteen years of estrangement, Joanne learns that their mother is dying. Compelled to reconnect, they visit with her, unearthing a trove of devastating secrets.
Joanne relates their journey from child performer to Emmy Award-winning actor, from hiding in the closet to embracing their own sexuality, from conflicted child and sibling to independent adult. All We Knew But Couldn’t Say is a testament to survival, love, and the belief that it is possible to love the broken and to love fully, even with a broken heart.
