{"product_id":"disappoint-me-a-novel","title":"Disappoint Me: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the sharpest and most emotionally vulnerable novels on the complicated dynamic of dating cisgender straight men as a trans woman.--\u003ci\u003eAutostraddle\u003c\/i\u003e (7 New Trans Novels to Read this Summer)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDinan 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, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR (SO FAR): \u003ci\u003eElle, Vogue, BookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou 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.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMax 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFunny, sharp, and poignant, \u003ci\u003eDisappoint Me \u003c\/i\u003eis a sweeping exploration of love, loss, trans panic, race, millennial angst, and the relationships--familial and romantic--that make us who we are.","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46610599870633,"sku":"PHBK-9780593977873","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_7e8cfd13-0a61-4104-afd8-6e8b79528f6d.jpg?v=1764708055","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/disappoint-me-a-novel","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}