Maeve Rising: Coming Out Trans in Corporate America

by Maeve DuVally Narrated by Nicky Endres

Overview

When Maeve DuVally came out as a transgender woman while working as a corporate communications manager at Goldman Sachs, she knew she couldn't do it quietly. DuVally intimately documents her struggle to be herself in this environment, initially keeping her identity a secret with wardrobe changes in the lobby bathroom after work. Eventually she declares herself and, to her surprise, Goldman Sachs embraces the effort. Surgery follows. When DuVally finally takes those first steps on heels through the corridors of this institution on the way to her first meeting as a woman, the listener cheers. A New York Times story helped her realize she could become a role model for other transgender people and branded Goldman Sachs as a model for corporations assisting their transitioning employees.



Before she found her courage, DuVally's life was mired in depression and unconscious struggle. Raised in an Irish Catholic family with a sadistic pathologist father, her upbringing dropped her into an adulthood plagued by alcoholism. At Goldman Sachs, she ascends to a top communications position before her drinking begins to encroach upon her work. Finally, DuVally hits bottom, becoming sober after a lifetime in and out of AA and rehab. Clear at last, she begins to understand the source of her lifelong struggle and takes the bold step to become the woman she is now.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Maeve DuVally, whom I used to know as Michael DuVally from Goldman Sachs, has written a courageous and compelling memoir about her literal and metaphorical transformation, from a man to a woman, from drunkenness to sobriety, from a life filled with lies and deceit, to one of honesty and openness. What an inspiring story.” —William D. Cohan, author of Power Failure: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon, Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World; House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street; The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co.; The Price of Silence; Why Wall Street Matters; and Four Friends

“Maeve Rising is the unflinchingly honest story of Michael, whose anxieties and self-destructive tendencies sabotage every facet of his life: family, friends, career. That is, until Michael discovers her true self as Maeve. This book is important for vividly relating the difficult trans journey toward self-acceptance.  But as importantly, it made me appreciate the complexities and difficulties that some of our colleagues bear alone, that could be borne so much more lightly or eliminated if they feel they have the support to show up for work as their authentic selves.”—Lloyd Blankfein, former Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

“This is Maeve DuVally's heartbreaking, brave, and triumphant story of coming out as a transgender person not just in corporate America, but on Wall Street, and not just on Wall Street, but at Goldman Sachs. It would be important reading at any time, but in the times in which we live, it's essential.” —Bethany McLean, co-author of The Smartest Guys in the Room

WINNER OF THE 2023 NEW YORK BOOK FESTIVAL COMPETITION: MEMOIR

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159609304
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	11/14/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged

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