Lucy Jane Bledsoe

Guess, Carol. Switch. I just reread this 1998 classic. This is a dreamy and seductive novel. The language is lyrical, even languid, and there’s so much heart in the characters that you want to squeeze them. Reading Switch is as pleasurable and complex as floating down a river on a raft. There’s beautiful stuff to look at everywhere, and yet you are drifting, being carried by swift, cold, clear water. Also, for the record, Guess was way ahead of the curve in creating transgendered characters.