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  <read_at>Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're looking for an introduction to transgender issues, this may be a great book for you. I wasn't. <br/><br/>It seems apparent to me that the author thought the idea of a trans character was so intriguing that he would research the phenomenon and write a convincing book about the world of th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32473094">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book.  Not only did it handle transgender and transexual issues well, it was a captivating story filled with emotion and <br/><br/>Alison Banks, a grade-school teacher in a Vermont town, meets and falls in love with a charming and amazing man, Dana. A few months into their romance Dan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2629484">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like Bohjalian's writing.   This one is set in Vermont, with a side trip to Trinidad, CO.   The subject matter is a  male to female gender change and a family that is affected by it.   I learned more than I wanted to know about the operation but it is interesting and I have more empathy for people...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21239399">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[NOT what I was expecting. But I kept picking it up at the library, on several different visits ... and one time there was nothing else to listen to (yes, I am a big fan of audio books, but I also love traditional books - so don't go getting all Gutenberg on my butt), so it came home. Little did I kn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46075344">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ My book club chose this one, and because I am fascinated by the whole transgender issue, I found it a worthy read. When a divorced 40-something year old teacher, Allison, falls for her college professor,(Dana, and finds out after the fact he is transitioning to a she,there are a lot of questions ra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67670865">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed that each character (Allison, Dana, Carly &amp; Will) each had chapters to tell the story from their eyes &amp; heart &amp; soul!<br/><br/>This goes to show how some people can be so predjudce just becuase you are a Transexual, Gay or Bi-Sexual.  Thinking that you can catch it or teach it.  God Forb...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47300495">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting, sympathetic, insightful look at a &quot;world&quot; that I (and perhaps most people) knew very little about prior to picking the book up. The significant differences between people of different cultures, nationalities, religions, lifestyles, etc. only serve to shed light on ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18103503">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book had a profound effect on me, opening my eyes to so very much, and I passed that experience on the many other people who were just as captivated as I was.  Bohjalian really researches his subjects and writes them with such intimacy that they stay with you for a good, long time.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was the first Bohjalian I was able to complete and I enjoyed the story line as it was quirky enough to keep me interested. I liked the weaving of the lives of everyone involved and the multi-layered emotional content of all. I didn't care for some people which helped with the conflict of emotio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66285957">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An account of a transsexual who has his/her gender reassigned, and the effect this has on her relationships and the community in which she lives. I suppose Bohjalian really believed he was doing a service to transsexuals by writing a sympathetic account of their experience, and maybe he would have b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45722503">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<strong>Does it All Come Down to Muscle Spasms?</strong><br/>This was the choice for our December book club and, as it turns out, the only reason I read it. Overall, it was a highly unpleasant reading experience because I had little interest in the subject matter. That’s not to say the writing wasn’t good and t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37129768">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was surprised by this book.  It was given to me and when I read the inside flap and understood the subject, I was a bit turned off.  But I started it anyway and found myself intrigued and surprised again.  I liked it.<br/>The book is about genetic dyphoria...transsexuals. In this case, a male to ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76119093">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, this is one of those terrible and yet for me compulsively readable novels. How do normal people see/deal with gender variance? And by normal people I mean to include aspiring normal people. I always want to know, so I read their (incredibly popular, published by mainstream presses, gigantic ad...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60335750">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A stupid ending.<br/><br/>BUT, it's a fantastically written and tender telling of story about an elitist New England family dealing with the introduction of a transexual to their lives; tenured college professor Dana Stevens. Who will be attracted to who next?<br/><br/>It's a good start to what ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53502029">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would have never picked up this book if it weren't on my book club list. It is an unusual and highly insightful story about a woman that falls in love with a man and then later finds out he is a transsexual. This story draws you in from the very beginning, and is told insightfully from four differ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48320373">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished this book last night, and I couldn't put it down.  This was the first book I read by Bohjalian, and I loved it.  Bohjalian alternates between the point of views of every impacted character, providing a pretty thorough story about how transgender issues impact the lives of his charact...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40518625">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book reminded me of a friend of mine who was dating someone who was going through transition, and the aftermath of that transition.<br/><br/>Solid writing, well told from all points of view.  I'm tentative about Bohjalian's writing - I liked <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126816.The_Buffalo_Soldier" title="The Buffalo Soldier by Chris Bohjalian">Buffalo Soldier</a> but I keep coming back to him and r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49103383">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I’m glad I read this book and I hope a lot of people read it in order to familiarize themselves with the multiple issues concerning transgenderism, but in the end I found it hard to accept the overall tone of the book - that typically American ‘small town’ ‘feel good community’ attitude th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41943735">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book for my local book group. The story is told from the perspective of four individuals; Dana, Allison, Carly, and Will. Interspersed throughout the story are transcripts from a radio talk show interview between Carly and other characters within the book.<br/><br/>The book begins with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39871644">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[From my &quot;position paper&quot; on the book for class:<br/><br/>Throughout <em>Trans-sister Radio</em>, representation is a key issue: community members refuse to let Dana represent herself and refuse to acknowledge her identity as a woman; Allison is denied the opportunity to represent herself to paren...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30228193">more...</a>]]></body>
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