Trans-Sister Radio Book Report

Trans-Sister Radio is about a newly divorced schoolteacher, Allison Banks, who falls in love with the man who teaches a summer course in which she attends. Dana Stevens, the professor she loves, is not exactly what he seems from the outside; this well-manicured, gentle-faced man is in actuality a woman and he is facing an upcoming sex change. Allison's daughter Carly and her ex-husband, Will, try to deal with her new “beau” as best they can. Also it defines the struggles Dana has gone through with his “social issue” but also the struggle to tell Allison, the one he loves, and hopes she can see him as who he truly is- a woman.
The story is told through 5 perspectives; Dana, Allison, Carly, Will, and VPR transcripts. Will, the president of Vermont Public Radio and Carly’s dad, - is very weary about the whole thing, he doesn’t
He plucks his eyebrows and waxes his body to deal with the hair situation. Dana’s problem in this novel is transsexualism. A medical diagnosis can be made if a person experiences discomfort as a result of a desire to be a member of the opposite sex or if a person experiences impaired functioning or distress.
The causes of this social issue is still unknown, though many proposals have been obtained no known cause is known. My guess would be a chemical imbalance in the brain causing more of one hormone to excrete, and too much of that one hormone could cause the brain to “malfunction” if you will. Most people who have this problem opt to have a sex change, where the male or female parts are removed and the opposite part is re-constructed. These procedures are very expensive but are worth it to be happy to some people.
In Trans-Sister radio Dana is one of the many average human to just so happen to have this problem. There is nothing wrong with him and I am glad that Allison can see that and see past his problems and still love him and be able to continue to be with