| For twenty-five years, Amanda has cared for her daughter. She has learned the language of her morning sounds, the particular patience of the nursing chair, the long rhythm of nappies and bottles and the amber glow of the nightlight. She has learned, above all, who Evie is — and she has never once wished her different.
Evie was born a boy, but most importantly, never grew up, but rejected not just adulthood, but even being a toddler. She remained a baby. But Amanda is ill. And when she is gone, Evie will need someone who understands not just the practicalities of her care, but the wholeness of her life — its dignity, its completeness, its quiet and unselfconscious joy. Baby Evie is a novel about love in its most enduring form: the love that does not flinch, does not explain, and does not ask someone to be anything other than what they are. It follows a family through loss and transition, through the difficult search for care, and toward something unexpected — a gathering of people living the same private life in different houses, finding one another at last. Tender, unhurried, and written with a profound respect for the lives it depicts, Baby Evie is a novel about what it means to know yourself completely — and to be known.
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