Detransition, Baby

NATIONAL BESTSELLER &bull, 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 ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR-The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Time, New York Public Library, Esquire, Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Self, Kirkus Reviews, The Rumpus, and BookPage &bull, Longlisted for The Women's Prize &bull, Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club Pick &bull, 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 h
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