Forty Years to Life by Brenda Bradford Ward is a thought-provoking, insightful, and compassionate book that explores the life of people who experience a gender identity opposite to the sexual organs they are born with. As a male-to-female transgender person who transitioned late in life, Ward is deeply familiar with gender identity. This volume discusses her poignant personal memories and serves simultaneously as a memoir, a well-cited academic discourse, and a Christian spiritual journey that will inspire and enlighten those who misunderstand the nature of this condition.