| Trans-Sister Radio Contributor(s): Bohjalian, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375705171 ISBN-13: 9780375705175 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $19.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: With Trans-Sister Radio, Chris Bohjalian, author of the bestseller Midwives, again confronts his very human characters with issues larger than themselves, here tackling the explosive issue of gender. When Allison Banks develops a crush on Dana Stevens, she knows that he will give her what she needs most: attention, gentleness, kindness, passion. Her daughter, Carly, enthusiastically witnesses the change in her mother. But then a few months into their relationship, Dana tells Allison his secret: he has always been certain that he is a woman born into the wrong skin, and soon he will have a sex-change operation. Allison, overwhelmed by the depth of her passion, and finds herself unable to leave Dana. By deciding to stay, she finds she must confront questions most people never even consider. Not only will her own life and Carly's be irrevocably changed, she will have to contend with the outrage of a small Vermont community and come to terms with her lover's new body-hoping against hope that her love will transcend the physical. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Romance - Lgbt - General - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 5.25" W x 8.12" (0.68 lbs) 368 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Geographic Orientation - Vermont - Seasonal - Summer |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the bestselling author of Midwives comes a thought-provoking story about gender, love, and new relationships. When Allison Banks develops a crush on Dana Stevens, she knows that he will give her what she needs most: attention, gentleness, kindness, passion. Her daughter, Carly, enthusiastically witnesses the change in her mother. But then a few months into their relationship, Dana tells Allison his secret: he has always been certain that he is a woman born into the wrong skin, and soon he will have a sex-change operation. Allison, overwhelmed by the depth of her passion, finds herself unable to leave Dana. By deciding to stay, she finds she must confront questions most people never even consider. Not only will her own life and Carly's be irrevocably changed, she will have to contend with the outrage of a small Vermont community and come to terms with her lover's new body-hoping against hope that her love will transcend the physical. |