One of My Favorites

Dan Whitmore runs his department with warmth and personal attention. He compliments haircuts, mentions earrings, tells an employee her dress is one of his favorites. He considers this good leadership and positive reinforcement.A judge considers it a harmful pattern.Sentenced under the Workplace Dignity and Remediation Act - a statute Dan barely knew existed - he loses his name, his body, and his wardrobe, replaced by a fuchsia dress that strangers compliment every day. The dress is a custom-fitted prison uniform, artisan-crafted, and sealed to itself at the molecular level. The dress is beautiful, and designed to look chosen - that's the cruelty of it.The statute calls for Dan to be reassigned. Dana - the name on Dan's new driver's license - has to live inside a new body. The garment comes off in six months. Reversing the rest of the sentence carries a price Dana struggles to pay.She returns to the same building, past the same employees, and sits in meetings she used to chair. Her new boss praises her work, while managing her out - the same playbook Dan used a year earlier. Dana recognizes the language immediately. She wrote half of it.What a person with her history, and her sentence, does next is a question the novel does not rush to answer.

Pagina's: 340, Paperback, deekayen LLC