Detransition, Baby -

Torrey Peters

One World

2021

352 páginas

11h 44m

ISBN-13: 9780593133392

Português Brasileiro

A whipsmart debut about three women--transgender and cisgender--whose lives collide after an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront their deepest desires around gender, motherhood, and sex.

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.

Resenhas (4)

5 (Perfeito)

Após passar pela destransição, Ames passa a se relacionar com Katrina, uma mulher cis. Katrina acaba engravidando de Ames, que propõe que a criança seja criada por ele, Katrina e Reese, uma mulher trans com quem ele se relacionou antes da destransição.
O livro é maravilhoso! Foi o meu primeiro contato com a escrita da Torrey Peters e já quero ler mais livros dela (inclusive no site dela dá pra baixar suas duas novelas completamente de graça)! Os personagens são muito bem desenvolvidos e é impossível não criar laços com Reese, Ames e Katrina. Seguindo uma ordem não linear, o livro aos poucos vai nos apresentando a história de cada um dos personagens, como Reese e Amy se conheceram, o passado de Reese, os motivos que levaram Amy a destransicionar etc. Com toda certeza, recomendo essa leitura!