Circé (pronounced seer-say) is how Joelle Circé Laramée prefers to be addressed regarding her art. She is a queer feminist, an atheist, and a woman of transexual origin. Breaking Free, 45 years in the wrong body, is more than a memoir. It is a window to the artist's soul, with many raw and honest stories describing her journey towards womanhood. Circé has written a marvellous memoir, sharing her many life experiences all while in the wrong body for the first forty-five years of her existence. "If my memoir can help alleviate even a small amount of stress and anxiety for someone who is presently going through a similar ordeal , I will have succeeded as a storyteller. My greatest wish is that someone going through the same feelings of dysphoria will read Breaking Free , and not feel so terribly alone."