Disappoint Me: A Novel

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Synopsis
An electrifying story of love, betrayal, and the complicated allure of bougie domesticity &“Dinan writes like some kind of demigod. Her fictions make thinkable new realities for how we live and what we might expect from each other." – Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, BabyYou can fall in love with an outline, you can even make a home with one, but there will come a time where you can&’t deny the bones their flesh. A person is no fewer than two things.Thirty years old with a lifetime of dysphoria and irritating exes rattling around in her head, Max is plagued by a deep dissatisfaction. Shouldn't these be the best years of her life? Why doesn't it feel that way? After taking a spill down the stairs at a New Year&’s Eve party, she decides to make some changes. First: a stab at good old-fashioned heteronormativity.Max thinks she&’s found the answer in Vincent. While his corporate colleagues, trad friends, and Chinese parents never pictured their son dating a trans woman, he cares for Max in a way she&’d always dismissed as a foolish fantasy. But he is also carrying baggage of his own. When the fall-out of a decades-old entanglement resurfaces, Max must decide what forgiveness really means. Can we be more than our worst mistakes? Is it possible to make peace with the past? Funny, sharp, and poignant, Disappoint Me is a sweeping exploration of love, loss, trans panic, race, millennial angst, and the relationships—familial and romantic—that make us who we are.
Copyright:
2025

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
320 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780593977897
Related ISBNs:
9780593977873, 9798217073412, 9798217073771
Publisher:
Random House Publishing Group
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Nicola Dinan
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
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Bookshare Staff
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