Reese almost had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York City, a job she didnt 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 isnt 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 Amess boss and lover, Katrina, reveals that shes pregnant with his babyand that shes not sure whether she wants to keep itAmes wonders if this is the chance hes 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 cant 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.
