Displaying 1 of 1 2017 Title: This is how it always is / Laurie Frankel. Author: Frankel, Laurie, author. Format: Book Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Flatiron Books, 2017. Description: 327 pages ; 25 cm. Summary: When Rosie and Penn and their four boys welcome the newest member of their family, no one is surprised it's another baby boy. At least their large, loving, chaotic family knows what to expect. But Claude is not like his brothers. One day he puts on a dress and refuses to take it off. He wants to bring a purse to kindergarten. He wants hair long enough to sit on. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl. Rosie and Penn aren't panicked at first. Kids go through phases, after all, and make-believe is fun. But soon the entire family is keeping Claude's secret. Until one day it explodes. Subjects: Parent and child -- Fiction. Parenting -- Fiction. Transgender children -- Fiction. Parents of transgender children -- Fiction. Families -- Fiction. Family secrets -- Fiction. Genre: Domestic fiction. LGBTQIA+ ISBN: 9781250088550 (hardback) 9781250088567 (softcover) System Availability: 45 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 22 Reserve Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Availability' section below. Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Suggestions and more Author Biography Laurie Frankel is the author of the novels This Is How It Always Is, The Atlas of Love, and Goodbye for Now. She lives in Seattle with her family. - (McMillan Palgrave) Large Cover Image Librarian's View Map It Displaying 1 of 1
