![]() ![]() ![]() But it soon becomes clear that this is more than just their son wanting to play - their son is actually their daughter. Claude is just a child, after all, and there's no harm in playing - you don't need to force gender roles when into a child's playtime. When Rosie and Penn's three-year-old son wants to wear a dressing-up play dress, of course they allow it. This is such a beautiful and moving novel, I absolutely loved it. I don't often contemporary adult novels, but this is one I just couldn't pass up, not when it's about a family, and how they work out how best to help and support their trans daughter and sister. Trigger Warning: Homophobic and ableist language, and transphobic behaviour feature in this book. ![]() It will make you laugh and cry - and see the world differently. Warm, touching and bittersweet, THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS is a novel about families, love and how we choose to define ourselves. But as problems begin at school and in the community, the family faces a seemingly impossible dilemma: should Claude change, or should they and Claude try to change the world? Life continues happily for this big, loving family until the day when Claude says that, when he grows up, he wants to be a girl.Īs far as Rosie and Penn are concerned, bright, funny and wonderful Claude can be whoever he or she wants. Four sons later, they decide to try one last time - and their beautiful little boy Claude is born. ![]() This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel (eProof) - Rosie and Penn always wanted a daughter. ![]()
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