Rather than describe the eponymous character as an activist, I think I'd sooner attribute her more as a persuader. Donna Personna is in their early seventies by now, and takes us on quite a personal - and frank - history not just of their own struggles for acceptance, but of quite an interesting parallel development of society and community over a timeframe that has altered significantly since youth. Familial relationships and attitudes are challenged. Some evolve a little, some simply entrench - and what is empowering about Donna is that there is a distinct lack of anger, rancour or…