DETRANSITION BABY PB – TORREY PETERS

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021 A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 100 BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY Shortlisted for the 2022 National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize for best first book As heard on BBC Radio 4 s Front Row A voraciously knowing, compulsively readable novel Chris Kraus Tremendously funny and sexy as hell Juliet Jacques I loved this very smart book from start to finish, with its beautifully drawn, complicated, and winning characters. Madeleine Miller Reese nearly had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York, a job she didn t hate. She d scraped together a life previous generations of trans women could only dream of; the only thing missing was a child. Then everything fell apart and three years on Reese is still in self-destruct mode, avoiding her loneliness by sleeping with married men. When her ex calls to ask if she wants to be a mother, Reese finds herself intrigued. After being attacked in the street, Amy de-transitioned to become Ames, changed jobs and, thinking he was infertile, started an affair with his boss Katrina. Now Katrina s pregnant. Could the three of them form an unconventional family – and raise the baby together?