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PerThe New York Times Style Magazine, the book is semi-autobiographical.

While the main character might not have a name, she does have other descriptors: “Arab.

woman reading a book with a pride flag on her chair

That is, until Amy “detransitioned and became Ames, and everything fell apart.”

Writer James Baldwin

Writer Jeanette Winterson

Writer Taylor Jenkins Reid

Zaina Arafat speaking

Torrey Peters posing in a mirror