An Unforgettable And Heartwarming Book-club Debut Following A Trans High School Teacher From A Small Town In South Dakota Who Befriends The Only Other Trans Woman She Knows: One Of Her Students. Erica Skyberg Is Thirty-five Years Old, Recently Divorced-and Trans. Not That She's Told Anyone Yet. Mitchell, South Dakota, Isn't Exactly Bursting With Other Trans Women. Instead, She Keeps To Herself, Teaching By Day And Directing Community Theater By Night. That Is, Until Abigail Hawkes Enters Her Orbit. Abigail Is Seventeen, Mitchell High's Resident Political Dissident And Only Trans Girl. It's A Role She Plays Faultlessly, Albeit A Little Reluctantly. She's Also Annoyed By The Idea Of Spending Her Senior Year Secretly Guiding Her English Teacher Through Her Transition. But Abigail Remembers The Uncertainty-and Loneliness-that Comes With It. Besides, Erica Isn't The Only One Struggling To Shed The Weight Of Others' Expectations. As Their Unlikely Friendship Evolves Under The Increasing Scrutiny Of Their Community, Both Women-and Those Closest To Them-will Come To Realize That Sometimes There Is Nothing More Radical Than Letting The World See Who You Really Are. Detransition Baby Meets Fleishman Is In Trouble In This Remarkable Debut Novel From An Incisive Contemporary Voice. A Story About The Awkwardness Of Growing Up And The Greatest Love Story Of All, That Between Us And Our Friends, Woodworking Is A Tonic For The Moment And A Celebration Of Womanhood In All Its Multifaceted Joy-- Provided By Publisher.