Almost: A transsexual novel

by Lettie Zeste

In the transsexual life in the 1970's, passing is a necessity. Anyone that the police can detect will be arrested. Betty Jo is young, pretty, infatuated with the city and wants to embrace life and love with a nice guy. Her obstacle is that, yes, she was once a boy. Betty Jo survives the disasters that follow every girl of her type with cheerful determination. Her perspectives as she moves from childhood to adulthood, surgery and beyond to love are often comic, sometimes insightful if slightly skewed. Her San Francisco trans neighborhood and friends are colorful and exotic. Can Betty become a ‘real’ woman or at least an ‘almost’ woman? It seems at last that hope is in vain, but then Betty meets Keith… a ‘gets what he wants’ kind of man with a keen desire for her. His love, assertive hunger and wry humor guide Betty onto a path of self-acceptance. ‘Almost’ is a truthful, sharp, witty and optimistic romp through the vagaries of a shadow life.

About the Lettie Zeste lives in New York City. When not writing or teaching, Lettie enjoys attending performances of opera, ballet and the like.

185 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 8, 2015