Detransition, Baby is a hilarious, vulnerable, gut-wrenching ride through the messy emotional terrain of trans and queer kin-making. Following the interwoven lives of three women—two trans, one cis—navigating womanhood, sex, pregnancy, and the slow approach of middle age, Detransition, Baby delivers a fearless account of the intricate negotiations that take place when unruly longings and the pursuit of self-determination run headlong into that most ostensibly staid of desires: to be a mother, to have a family. Peters shows us the wildness that is possible at the heart of that desire.
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters. Published by One World. The editor is Caitlin McKenna and the agent is Kent Wolf. Detransition, Baby is a finalist for Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature. The winner will be announced May 11.