I have been reading, just not updating due to an influx of before mid-term tests. Anyway this book was lent to me by a friend. It was I thought a pretty good description explored in different perspectives when Dana a male-female transexual about to receive a sex change operation tells his (will refer to as his until post-sex change otherwise I get confused) girlfriend and the wider community becomes aware of it. The story is also punctuated by excerpts of a radio show on transexuality and gender dysphoria.
Allie, Dana's girlfriend goes through highs and lows confused about her own sexual orientation through the process of Dana's transformation. Her daughter, Carly who has gone off to college adjusts to the news and tries throughout the book to create her own concept of gender which is so fluid yet seems so stringent. The struggles of Dana are also told, depressive teenage years, parents who don't understand and a final acceptance. These characters are all very real, the story very poignant and it also shows the reaction people can have to something which even in this day and age is widely misunderstood. It's also effective that Dana, once a female attempts to maintain her relationship with Allie and also is forced to confront her own sexual orientation, which is also quite fluid.
This book I thought did a very good job of exploring how a sex change operation affects both the person undertaking it, and more widely the people around. I highly recommend it.
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