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Detransition, Baby

Torrey Peters - One World
Format: Book

Reese almost had it all: a loving relationship with Amy, an apartment in New York City, a job she didn't hate. She had scraped together what previous generations of trans women could only dream of: a life of mundane, bourgeois comforts. The only thing missing was a child. But then...

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Light From Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki - Tor Books; 1st edition
Format: Book

Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen, a young transgender runaway, catches Shizuka's ear with her wild talent, Shizuka can almost...

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Tripping Arcadia: A Gothic Novel

Kit Mayquist - Dutton
Format: Book

Med school dropout Lena is desperate for a job, any job, to help her parents, who are approaching bankruptcy after her father was injured and laid off nearly simultaneously. So, when she is offered a position, against all odds, working for one of Boston's most elite families, the illustrious...

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The Death of Vivek Oji: A Novel

Akwaeke Emezi - Riverhead Books
Format: Book

What does it mean for a family to lose a child they never really knew? One afternoon, in a town in southeastern Nigeria, a mother opens her front door to discover her son's body, wrapped in colorful fabric, at her feet. What follows is the tumultuous, heart-wrenching story of one family's...

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One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Paperback

No more detective work. This is what August told herself when she moved to New York. And as her life begins to settle into place: from her new job at a local diner to her quirky roommates, it seems her dreams of finding somewhere she can be herself are becoming a reality. But when she bumps...

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The Thirty Names of Night: A Novel

Zeyn Joukhadar - Atria Books
Format: Book

The Thirty Names of Night is a remarkably moving and lyrical novel following three generations of Syrian Americans who are linked by a mysterious species of bird and the truths they carry close to their hearts. Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother,...

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