It was interesting to read about the ways that even this clear focus on their children’s happiness didn’t always make it obvious what the right decision was. As someone without children, I really admired Rosie and Penn’s laser focus on what would make their children happy in the short and long term. As a result, while I certainly learned something about what it might be like to be or to have a trans child, I mostly learned about the experience of parenting in general. I picked this book up imagining that we would get the perspective of the entire family, but the book primarily focused on Rosie and Penn. Soon the entire family is keeping Claude’s secret. They’re just not sure they’re ready to share that with the world. Rosie and Penn want Claude to be whoever Claude wants to be. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being a princess. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. This is how children change…and then change the world. This is how a family lives happily ever after…until happily ever after becomes complicated. “This is how a family keeps a secret…and how that secret ends up keeping them. Summary: I loved almost all of this book, but one section was iffy both in terms of representation and plot progression. Links: Bookshop (affiliate link) | Goodreads Contemporary Fiction Review: This Is How It Always Is
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