I believe I read "Peaches" the first time when it was just out. I was likely in the middle of my own very traumatic emergence and likely did not enjoy it as much as I should have.
So, yesterday I downloaded it to my PC Kindle and read it again. It is a lovely and uplifting story and I enjoyed it very much indeed.
Perhaps in a generation or two, many of those who now go through surgery, will simply live the way that Peaches and Melissa did, by doing a role reversal where it counts. I would likely still have the castration and take Estrogen, but put sperm back to save it for the children. For me, the Testosterone made me feel like a full on nutter, so would be quite happy to be rid of that. There would still be the unresolved question of how to satisfy the other half and I can't say how that would be worked out.
Very nice book Angela.
Gwen
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Agreed in full!
I read it going in without expectations then started to read what Mel was thinking and believed the story was going to be a typical feminization story. But it was so different than any other story I had read that it hooks you in deep.The real storyline for the book is buried under the ever changing narrative and it takes a bit to show but it's pretty smartly done and just adds to the story on a larger level.
Angela did an amazing job on the book and the series that I hope she is able to continue until all the characters graduate if not longer.
I'm told STFU more times in a day than most people get told in a lifetime
Thank You
Peaches was a true collaboration. Amelia had a general idea for a story. I did most of the first drafts. We agonized over the detail.
Sky was mine. I had fallen in love with the Peaches characters. Amelia had moved on to working mainly with Julie O. I wanted to see what they would do next. It wasn't as much to write as the first book, so continuing as a series is out of the question.
Thank you for your interest in the story.
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
It Is So Nice
It is so nice to know that Peaches is still working for its readers. When we write it we submitted a non-tg version to about one hundred literary agents. They told us that our message about bullying didn't ring true. I guess we were about a decade early.
Thank you for your comments.
The nice thing about Peaches is that it has provided a bit of financial support for BC. Erin get all the proceeds to help with the site.
Angela Rasch (Jill M I)
"didn't ring true"
As in, was about "a problem that no one was yet ready to admit existed" at the time.
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I reread peaches about once a year
Shannon's Course too.
Thanks Angela, great stories.