Scan barcode
A review by anakelly21
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
5.0
hard to put into words the meaning this book imprinted on me. one of my favorite passages:
“i have a gift for mothering. all i do is mother people. i want to be a mom so bad that i make everyone my children. other trans girls. men too, actually. sometimes when i think back on amy—ames—i think she fell in love with me because i mothered her as much as i dated her… as a child, i needed so badly. when someone could meet that need, it was beautiful. it was the proper place for mothering. now i need that proper place for myself” (178).
“i have a gift for mothering. all i do is mother people. i want to be a mom so bad that i make everyone my children. other trans girls. men too, actually. sometimes when i think back on amy—ames—i think she fell in love with me because i mothered her as much as i dated her… as a child, i needed so badly. when someone could meet that need, it was beautiful. it was the proper place for mothering. now i need that proper place for myself” (178).