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Charlene (aka Charlie) Bader is one of society's least understood people -- a heterosexual cross-dressing man. It's the 1930s in Texas when Charlie comes of age with urges he has struggled with since childhood and does not understand. After his new bride finds him wearing her own sexy lingerie and leaves him in disgust, he tries to move on. His efforts lead him to Chicago, where he stumbles on a community of cross-dressers and begins to attend their secret soirees. When Pearl Harbor is bombed, he volunteers for the army, serving as a dentist and trying once again to leave his obsession with soft clothes behind. Instead,his wartime experiences combined with the army's faulty record-keeping lead to his reappearance in the small town of Heaven, Indiana, as Charlene.
About the Author
Jan Maher's novel Earth As It Is is published by Indiana University Break Away Books. Other writing credits include a novel, Heaven, Indiana (a 2011 finalist in the Eric Hoffer book awards legacy category) ; plays Intruders ("Best of Fest" in New City Theater's Playfest, Seattle, WA) , Ismene, and Widow's Walk (finalist in Actors' Theater of Louisville Ten Minute Play Contest) ; and Most Dangerous Women: Bringing History to Life through Readers' Theater. She holds a PhD from The Union Institute and University in Interdisciplinary Studies and is a senior scholar at the Institute for Ethics in Public Life, State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
She lives in Greenfield, MA with her husband Doug Selwyn.
Her website address is http://www.janmaher.com.
