Sally Field Can Play the Transsexual : Or I Was Cursed by Polly Holliday

A serio-comic tale of sex, loss, redemption and pharmaceuticals in the modern AIDS era that will make you laugh, break your heart, and inspire you. Leslie L. Smith's SFCPT is a coming-of-age story - a teenage gay runaway turned hustler, David Matthews, is on a journey to find himself and his community. Along the way he is visited by a ghost, meets a transsexual nurse, and experiences a budding romance. Together these events change David's understanding of his own defense mechanisms and the grief he carries. It's a saga about the last 25 years of gay and AIDS culture. This witty novel is also a touching look at what it is to be gay in today's world. Smith's characters look at difficult questions: safer sex, barebacking, personal responsibility, and current HIV prevention methods - it asks why HIV remains a threat among gay men. Discover why the Bay Area Reporter says SFCPT is "an irresistible page-turner, that is inspirational without becoming treacly."