
And families with secrets don't get to keep them forever. 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. Laurie Frankel's This Is How It Always Is is a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. But soon the entire family is keeping Claude's secret. Kids go through phases, after all, and make-believe is fun.

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He wants to bring a purse to kindergarten. One day he puts on a dress and refuses to take it off. THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS by Laurie Frankel RELEASE DATE: Jan. This Is How It Always Is: A Novel Kindle Edition by Laurie Frankel (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 1 Best Seller in Transgender Fiction See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 11.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. Then, a series of events unfold through the pages that bring us to the novel’s first turning point: Poppy proclaims that she is a girl, and her whole family scrambles to understand as best they can.

At least their large, loving, chaotic family knows what to expect.īut Claude is not like his brothers. The novel first takes us through the early years of Poppy’s life, portraying her as intelligent and emotionally mature beyond her years. When Rosie and Penn and their four boys welcome the newest member of their family, no one is surprised it's another baby boy.
