I love Chris Bohjalian. He is absolutely one of my favorite authors of all time. Steffi lent me this book (an actual book!), but I don't think this is one that I would have picked up on my own. It's the story of Dana Stevens, a transsexual, who starts a relationship with Allison Banks, a 6th grade teacher right before her sex change operation. Transsexuals, sex change operations, pushing the limits of acceptance in a small Vermont town are not something I normally would be excited about reading. Nevertheless, I said, Chris Bohjalian has not failed me before, so I was willing to let his name and reputation lead me into the book rather than the story itself. And what I got was good. A decent read. I'm not sure if I didn't have anything else to do during the day besides read, if I would have been so eager to pick it back up, but I did.
I think my book reviews at least for the next week or so will have to be taken with the grain of salt that I currently have some pretty limited options for when I'm lying in bed. My options as I see them are:
- Watch tv
- Watch the Tour de France
- Read
- Stare at the ceiling fans
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