Detransition, Baby -

Torrey Peters

Serpent's Tail

2021

340 páginas

11h 20m

ISBN-13: 9781788167208

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 (42)

3.5 (Bom)

Confesso que o livro começou um pouco confuso pra mim, mas depois fui me adaptando, fui lendo aos poucos e sempre me pegava com vontade de voltar pra história e ler mais um pouco, depois de 55% do livro fui perdendo um pouco o interesse, eram muitas paradas na história, seja pra voltar ao passado, seja pra expor alguns questionamentos e isso meio que quebrava um pouco o ritmo de leitura. Amo finais abertos, mas não curti tanto esse, queria algo um pouco mais concreto, de qualquer forma, a leitura foi mais que válida, muito importante entender melhor alguns pontos sobre a vida de uma mulher trans. Recomendo.