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Cherry Single: A Transvestite Coming of Age

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"Cherry Single" is a novel written in the tradition of the bildungsroman. The main character, David Nunley, is a young single man trying to 'find himself' in 1970s San Francisco. His experiences on the road to self-discovery range from the mundane (a dull office job, disapproving parents, failed love affairs, strained friendships) to the unusual (transvestism, masochism) to the spiritual (transactional analysis, past life regression, Native American mysticism). Set against the political turbulence of 1971, David's story is a realistic portrait of a sensitive individual searching for a social, sexual, and spiritual identity. It is his closet transvestism that sets the tone for all of his interpersonal relationships and the novel's subtitle, "A Transvestite Comes of Age," reveals the true nature of his quest. As David learns about himself and integrates his experiences into a meaningful personal narrative (through his photojournalism), he confronts his transvestism head-on and ultimately embraces it as a valuable and integral part of himself.