Detransition, Baby: A Novel

NATIONAL BESTSELLER * The lives of three women--transgender and cisgender--collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires &nbsp; ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2021 SO FAR . . . Vulture:&nbsp;"Reading this novel is like holding a live wire in your hand." Time: "One of the most celebrated novels of the year." Marie Claire: "You won't be able to put it down." Bustle: "The book everyone is talking about." &nbsp; Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Esquire * Longlisted for The Women's Prize * Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club Pick * 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 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.

Literature & Fiction

PETERS, Torrey

Literary

One World

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • 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)\n“Reading this novel is like holding a live wire in your hand.”—VultureONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—The New York Times Book Review, NPR, New York Public Library, Esquire, Marie Claire, and Kirkus Reviews • Longlisted for The Women’s Prize • Roxane Gay’s Audacious Book Club Pick • New York Times Editors’ Choice\nReese 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.\nAmes 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?\nThis 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. 
 Review 
“ 
Detransition, Baby is so good I want to scream.” 
—Carmen Maria Machado\n“This book is exhilaratingly good.” 
—Jia Tolentino\n“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\n“A tale of love, loss, and self-discovery as singular as it is universal, and all the sweeter for it.” 
—Entertainment Weekly\n“It’s the smartest novel I’ve read in ages. I wish I could figure out how it manages to be utterly savage & lacerating while also conveying endlessly expanding compassion. It’s kind of a miracle.” 
—Garth Greenwell\n“If I had the ability to momentarily wipe my memory, I’d use it to reread 
Detransition, Baby for the first time.” 
—Vogue\n“Even the most complimentary adjectives feel insufficient to describe Torrey Peters’ first novel.” 
— Bookpage (starred review)\n“This emotionally devastating, culturally specific, endlessly intelligent novel is . . . really, 
reallyfunny.” 
—Austostraddle\n“A fiercely confident novel.” 
—O: The Oprah Magazine\n“With heart and savvy, [ 
Detransition, Baby upends] our traditional, gendered notions of what parenthood can look like.” 
—The New York Times Book Review\n“[Peters] confronts the unruliness of our desires, and our vitality as we struggle within their limits.” 
—The New Yorker 
“[An] electrifying debut . . . a deeply searching novel that resists easy answers.” 
—Esquire\n“Peters’s soap opera-meets-modern-cultural-analysis is witty, emotional, and eye-opening.” 
—People\n“[Peters gets] to the very heart of what it means to exist as a gendered being in the world.” 
—them\n“Funny and gossipy and insightful and cutting and absolutely delicious, all while tackling issues from a lens that has been missing from the literary world for way too long.” 
—Refinery29\n“‘[ 
Detransition, Baby] is going to play a role in defining the literature of 2021 and beyond.” 
—The Millions 
“Plenty of books are good; this book is alive.”

Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories

Random House]

After a party on the Las Vegas strip, a young sissy must choose between her internet fantasy of forced feminization at the hands of mysterious handsome man, or the difficult reality of transition with the help of a cynical veteran transsexual woman. From Torrey Peters comes a dark new novella about online sissy culture, female-masking, forced feminization fantasies, internalized misogyny, and crossdressing. Illustrated with original new artwork—created especially for the novella—by the incomparable portraitist of trans women, Sybil Lamb. FOR SIGNED/NUMBERED VERSION OF THIS BOOK, PLEASE CHECK WWW.TORREYPETERS.COM

The Masker

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

In the future, everyone will be trans. So says Lexi. She’s a charismatic trans woman furious with the way she sees her trans friends treated by society and resentful of the girl who spurned her love. Now, Lexi has a plan to wreak her vengeance: a future in which no one can produce hormones and everyone must make the same choice that she made—what body best fits your gender? FOR SIGNED AND NUMBERED VERSION, CHECK WWW.TORREYPETERS.COM

Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021\nAs heard on BBC Radio 4's Front Row 
February 2021 Book of the Month for Roxane Gay's Book Club\n'Irresistible ... Detransition, Baby is the first great trans realist novel' Grace Lavery, Guardian 
'A voraciously knowing, compulsively readable novel' Chris Kraus 
'Tremendously funny and sexy as hell' Juliet Jacques\nReese 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.\nWhen 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?

Detransition, Baby: Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2021 and Top Ten The Times Bestseller

Contemporary

Serpent's Tail

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2021\nShortlisted for the 2022 National Book Critics' Circle John Leonard Prize for best first book\nAs heard on BBC Radio 4's Front Row\n'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\nReese 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.\nWhen 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?

Detransition, Baby

Genre Fiction

LIBERTALIA

Detransition, Baby: Roman | Der New York Times-Bestseller | Nominiert für den Women's Fiction Prize | Mit dem PEN/Hemingway Award ausgezeichnet

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Detransition, Baby: A Novel

Detransition, Baby: A Novel

Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories

The Masker

Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones

Detransition, Baby: Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2021 and Top Ten The Times Bestseller

Detransition, Baby: Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2021 and Top Ten The Times Bestseller

Detransition, Baby

Detransition, Baby: Roman | Der New York Times-Bestseller | Nominiert für den Women's Fiction Prize | Mit dem PEN/Hemingway Award ausgezeichnet