The Transition of Sinful Sadie

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Summary: Southern dis-Comfort and shenanigans galore
Review: This novel poses an interesting and painful question for gay men. If you had a lover for eight years and then he wanted to become a "she" would you be willing to give up your gay self-identity and continue in what would then be a heterosexual relationship? Okay, what if you were the head of a phenomenally successful televangelist empire and had millions of followers who adored both you as the minister and your "wife" who was really a man--would you then want to risk losing it all if you broke up with "her"? The Transition of Sinful Sadie has to be one of the most unique, absorbing, and entertaining novels I have read in a long time. It has all the intrigue of Jim and Tammy Faye
Bakker's ruined empire, the trappings of a mystery-suspense thriller, a whole rafter full of interesting and twisted characters, as well as a heart as deep as the South. How all the elements play out as this masterful writer weaves his tale is certainly not predictable, and you find yourself rooting for the
darndest people. Every time you begin a new segment of the story or start a new chapter, you'll do so with one eye shut, one eye wide open, afraid to look and afraid not to look. Almost any one of the characters could hold center stage in the title. Each one is finely drawn with his/her own unique traits. Even the villain is at times a sympathetic character. Well worth the read and deserves great recognition as a truly unique work of fiction. ---Ronald L. Donaghe, author of The Salvation Mongers.