Detransition, Baby
Detransition, Baby
Regular price
$20.00 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$20.00 USD
Unit price
per
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The lives of three women--transgender and cisgender--collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires in "one of the most celebrated novels of the year" (Time) "Reading this novel is like holding a live wire in your hand."--Vulture LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD - ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Entertainment Weekly - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Time, Vogue, BuzzFeed, New York Public Library, Esquire, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Self, Vulture, Electric Lit, PopSugar, Town & Country, Shelf Awareness, The Rumpus, Autostraddle, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage - Longlisted for The Women's Prize - Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club Pick - New York Times Editors' Choice Reese almost had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York City, a job she didn't hate. She had scraped together what previous generations of trans women could only dream of: a life of mundane, bourgeois comforts. The only thing missing was a child. But then her girlfriend, Amy, detransitioned and became Ames, and everything fell apart. Now Reese is caught in a self-destructive pattern: avoiding her loneliness by sleeping with married men. Ames isn't happy either. He thought detransitioning to live as a man would make life easier, but that decision cost him his relationship with Reese--and losing her meant losing his only family. Even though their romance is over, he longs to find a way back to her. When Ames's boss and lover, Katrina, reveals that she's pregnant with his baby--and that she's not sure whether she wants to keep it--Ames wonders if this is the chance he's been waiting for. Could the three of them form some kind of unconventional family--and raise the baby together? This provocative debut is about what happens at the emotional, messy, vulnerable corners of womanhood that platitudes and good intentions can't reach. Torrey Peters brilliantly and fearlessly navigates the most dangerous taboos around gender, sex, and relationships, gifting us a thrillingly original, witty, and deeply moving novel.
Author: Torrey Peters
Publisher: One World
Published: 10/05/2021
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780593133385
Author: Torrey Peters
Publisher: One World
Published: 10/05/2021
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780593133385
About the Author
Torrey Peters is the author of the novellas Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones and The Masker, which are available for free on her website. She holds an MFA from the University of Iowa and an MA in Comparative Literature from Dartmouth. She grew up in Chicago and now lives in Brooklyn.