A Comprehensive Guide: Detransition, Baby
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Publisher: One World, Penguin Random House
Publication Date: January 12, 2021
324 pages, 12h 31min audiobook
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Book Description
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.
Why We Picked This Book: Vulture shares that Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters is "among the first [novel] written by a trans woman to be issued by a big-five publishing house." Read that again. The first, and it's 2021. When we read about Peters' novel, we knew it was one that would spark engaging discussions among our members, which is what we always look for in our monthly selections.
What to Drink While Reading Detransition, Baby: Grab a chilled glass of dry white wine - we recommend muscadet and sauvignon blanc.
Best Place to Read Detransition, Baby: Somewhere you can cry and not be judged, smirk at the witty moments, and not be interrupted so you can take in every sentence.
What to Listen to After Reading Detransition, Baby: Debutiful podcast, featuring Torrey Peters
Articles to Read after Detransition, Baby: Torrey Peters Goes There on Vulture and Torrey Peter’s previous titles, Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones and The Masker.
