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

Reading the blurb for this book left me a little intimidated... The plot seemed pretty complicated and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to follow. But that initial fear blew over almost immediately once I started reading. The story is (as per the name of my review) beatifully crafted, and really takes you by the hand to explain all of the interpersonal dynamics, each character's relationship with their queerness, and their way to coming to terms with it. I considered myself educated on topics of queerness and trans* identites before reading 'detransition, baby', but learned so much from it that I didn't even know i had to learn. Not only the very underrepresented topic of detransitioning is depicted masterfully in this story, but so much more, such as female bonds, platonic/romantic love, pregnancy and all the difficult emotions that accompany it. And even this doesn't even cover half of the topics that peters manages to weave into this story in such a delicate way. This book truly has it all. An absolute MUST read!

An unexpected pregnancy brings three unlikely women together as they figure out motherhood, queerness and transness! This was such a raw and honest depiction of real life discussions, I really enjoyed these characters and their shared journey! I'm very excited to read "Stag Dance" by this author <3