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Laurie Frankel: This is how it always is (2017) 4 stars

"This is how a family keeps a secret...and how that secret ends up keeping them. …

Review of 'This is how it always is' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

ThisisHowitAlwaysIs by @Laurie_Frankel is a beautifully written novel covering #parenting, #trans-children, #family, and #myth. The beats of the story were tight and the tension kept me hanging on every moment. As a parent, I have wondered about how I would parent a trans-kid and Frankel's novel feels like a parental speculative fiction that lets the reader experience some of the inevitable obstacles that a family of a trans-child must overcome. I don't want to give a moment of it away.

This is How it Always Is by Frankel is beautiful and worth your time.