Detransition, baby : a novel

Summary: NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS CHOICE An unforgettable portrait of three women, trans and cis, who wrestle with questions of motherhood and family making . . . Detransition, Baby might destroy your book club, but in a good way.Andrea Lawlor, author of Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl A tale of love, loss, and self-discovery as singular as it is universal, and all the sweeter for it. Entertainment Weekly Roxane Gays Audacious Book Club Pick AMarie ClaireBook Club Pick Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year by O: The Oprah Magazine Vulture Marie Claire Cosmo Refinery29 Bustle BuzzFeed Esquire The Millions Electric Lit Autostraddle Time CNN Daily KosHello GigglesSheReadsHey Alma Ms. Magazine LitHub The A.V. Club 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 Reeseand 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 babyand 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 familyand 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.

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