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Family navigates child's gender identity journey.

If you're looking for a story that's heartwarming, enlightening, and speaks to the complexities of family life, "This Is How It Always Is" is an excellent choice. It's not just a story about acceptance; it's a deep dive into the reality of parenting and the unexpected pathways of love. The book doesn’t shy away from the tough conversations and emotions, which makes it resonate so powerfully. If you value empathy, change, and the strength found in family bonds, this book is tailor-made for your reading list.

  • Washington State Book Award for Fiction (2018)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2017)
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This Is How It Always Is

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ISBN: 9781250088567
Authors: Laurie Frankel
Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
Date of Publication: 2018-01-23
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: LGBTQ+
Goodreads rating: 4.28
(rated by 202798 readers)

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This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever after becomes complicated. This is how children change…and then change the world. This is Claude. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being a princess. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl. Rosie and Penn want Claude to be whoever Claude wants to be. They’re just not sure they’re ready to share that with the world. Soon the entire family is keeping Claude’s secret. Until one day it explodes. This Is How It Always Is is a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. And it’s about the ways this is how it always is: Change is always hard and miraculous and hard again, parenting is always a leap into the unknown with crossed fingers and full hearts, children grow but not always according to plan. And families with secrets don’t get to keep them forever. "This is a novel everyone should read. It’s brilliant. It’s bold. And it’s time.” ―Elizabeth George, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Banquet of Consequences.
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Family navigates child's gender identity journey.

If you're looking for a story that's heartwarming, enlightening, and speaks to the complexities of family life, "This Is How It Always Is" is an excellent choice. It's not just a story about acceptance; it's a deep dive into the reality of parenting and the unexpected pathways of love. The book doesn’t shy away from the tough conversations and emotions, which makes it resonate so powerfully. If you value empathy, change, and the strength found in family bonds, this book is tailor-made for your reading list.

  • Washington State Book Award for Fiction (2018)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.