Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions Classics_Gift_Guide in Algernon Blackwood’s deeply unnerving

in Algernon Blackwood’s deeply unnerving ‘The Occupant in the Room’ a hotel room hides a terrifying secret

not only of his own nature and values

and the Polish émigré Ernestine Rose

But can he change it

Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions Classics_Gift_Guide in Algernon Blackwood’s deeply unnervingPenny Guisinger was not always attracted to women. In Shift she recounts formative relationships with women and men, including the marriage that produced her two children and ultimately ended in part due to her affair with her now wife. Beginning her story as straight and ending as queer, she struggles to make sense of how her identity changed so profoundly while leaving her feeling like the same person shes always been. While covering pivotal periods