Trans-Sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian is a novel about a woman, Allison, who falls in love with a man, Dana, only to find out he's preparing to have a sex change operation and become the woman he always felt he was.
The novel takes very ordinary people and puts them in this situation to challenge our ideas and stereotypes about trans-sexuals. Bohjalian does a good job of presenting the story with compassion, and perhaps more surgical details than the reader might need to know.
It's a fascinating look at how a small community in Vermont reacts to having a trans-sexual in their midst. People tend to fear what they don't understand, and Bohjalian has written an honest, thought-provoking novel hopefully dispelling some of those fears.
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