In her memories, we glimpse the roots of her compassion and shame, intertwined. Back then, she was “scared-silly little Andy Ramsey,” a boy who didn’t feel like a boy, smitten with a handsome classmate who worked at the local soda fountain. Lately, images of long-ago times have been occupying Anna’s mind. Anna’s thirtysomething roommate Jake is scheming to take her to Burning Man to celebrate her transgender trailblazing, which did so much to ease his own hard path.Īnd Brian and his brand-new wife Wren - yes, the Wren he didn’t quite hook up with in “Significant Others” (1987) - want to pile Anna into their Winnebago for a visit to the old woman’s Nevada hometown, where her mother ran a brothel. “Leaving Like a Lady” is the title of Chapter 1, and that’s how Anna, now in her 90s, plans to exit this plane: with a firm and gentle grace.īut she’s not dead yet, and Maupin does enjoy sending his characters on a good road trip.
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