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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE - "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
"A tale of love, loss, and self-discovery as singular as it is universal, and all the sweeter for it."--Entertainment Weekly Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club Pick - A Marie Claire Book Club Pick - Named One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year by O: The Oprah Magazine - Vulture - Marie Claire - Cosmo - Refinery29 - Bustle - BuzzFeed - Esquire - The Millions - Electric Lit - Autostraddle - Time - CNN - Daily Kos - Hello Giggles - SheReads - Hey Alma - Ms. Magazine - LitHub - The A.V. Club 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.
Detaljer
- SprogEngelsk
- Sidetal272
- Udgivelsesdato12-01-2021
- ISBN139780593133378
- Forlag Oneworld
- FormatHardback
- Udgave0
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10 cm
Anmeldelser
Magdalena V 17/12/2023
Et velskrevet indblik i en ukendt verden. Fantastisk oplæser
Steen S 01/10/2023
En til tider krævende bog at læse, men en fantastisk rørende og voldsom bog. Den gav mig et indblik i den transkønnet kulturs normer, adfærd og følelsesmæssige udfordringer. Jeg forstår fint forfatterens ærinde med bogen og synes hun med stor loyalitet får disse menneskers vilkår.
Anne Marie Winther S 15/05/2023
En af de mest rørende, oplysende og smukke bøger jeg nogensinde har læst.
Kate F 06/01/2023
Et vigtigt emne at komme bag om.
Anonym 17/12/2022
En verden ukendt for mig, med en hel del selvoptagen hed og manglende udsyn på en hel verden. Og på den måde også Interessant at læse om mennesker det i højere grad er drevet af sex og ikke af hvordan man laver lange sunde venskaber. For mig bliver det en fattigt og meget egoistisk tilværelse.
Lene Søgaard K 11/09/2022
God, oplysende og indsigtsfuld bog. Tydeligt, at forfatteren har et ærinde om at udbrede viden om transkønnethed - og det lykkes så godt! Til tider lidt for “vil-det-for-meget” i de dybe følelsesmæssige beskrivelser. Stor respekt til oversætteren af bogen.
Tone M 04/08/2022
Nødvendig bog. Øjenåbnende for andres liv - og for sider af mig selv
Jette A 03/08/2022
Giver fantastisk indblik i den transkønnede kultur - spændende og velskrevet
Morten B 21/07/2022
Fin og anderledes bog
Carsten B 5 21/07/2022
Super godt skrevet men lidt enerverende og til tider tvungen kompliceret
Frank V 12/07/2022
Bogen er intellektuelt bevægende.
Henrik L 40 08/05/2022
En fuldstændig overrumplende god roman