Love Lives Here

An inspirational story of accepting and embracing two trans people in a family—a family who shows what's possible when you "lead with love."All Amanda Jetté Knox ever wanted was to enjoy a stable life. She never knew her biological father, and while her mother and stepfather were loving parents, the situation was sometimes chaotic. At school, she was bullied mercilessly, and at the age of fourteen, she entered rehab for alcohol addiction. Before leaving home at sixteen, the adolescent Amanda had attended seven different high schools. While still a teenager, she met and moved in with the young man whom she would ultimately marry. They were wed at 20, and the first of three children followed shortly. Jetté Knox finally had the stability she craved—or so it seemed. Their middle son struggled with depression and avoided school. The author was unprepared when, at the age of eleven, her son revealed that he identified as female. Shocked,...