{"product_id":"disappoint-me","title":"Disappoint Me","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying story of love, betrayal, and the complicated allure of bougie domesticity \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e - Torrey Peters, author of \u003ci\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\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\u003c\/b\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":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46453549924544,"sku":"9780593977873","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/5231\/5584\/files\/9780593977873.jpg?v=1749107346","url":"https:\/\/bookpop.shop\/products\/disappoint-me","provider":"Book Pop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}