My brother drops a bombshell -- Flesh and blood -- My brother kisses his elbow -- My brother advertises for a secretary and reels in a wife -- Who has it better, men or women? -- My brother writes a story -- A tale of two wives -- The sculptor of human faces -- He learns to walk and talk like a dame -- Ellen becomes a mountain woman -- Ellen changes her mind, and changes it again -- Andrew falls and Ellen comes up and shows off her body -- The year of the transsexual -- Ellen is a welfare mudder -- Looking backward and moving forward.

A renowned feminist film critic describes her brother's transformation into a woman, including the psychological evaluations, strenuous surgeries, prescription drug cocktails, and fashion lessons he endured to go from being Chevey to becoming Ellen.