Detransition, Baby is a bold, provocative, and emotionally layered novel that challenges traditional narratives around gender, identity, and family. Torrey Peters crafts a story that is as witty and sharply observed as it is vulnerable and compassionate, centering on three characters whose lives become entangled around the question of what makes someone a mother—and what it means to build family on your own terms. It’s a fearless examination of queerness, transition, detransition, and the messy, beautiful realities of trying to connect in a world full of binaries.

Themes Explored: Gender identity and transition · Queer and trans parenthood · Found and chosen family · Regret, reinvention, and resilience · Complex relationships and emotional honesty