![]() ![]() 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. It was a New York Times best seller, one of People magazines Top 10 Books of 2017. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl. This Is How It Always Is, a novel by Laurie Frankel, was published in 2017. He wants to bring a purse to kindergarten. One day he puts on a dress and refuses to take it off. At least their large, loving, chaotic family knows what to expect.īut Claude is not like his brothers. When Rosie and Penn and their four boys welcome the newest member of their family, no one is surprised it's another baby boy. ![]()
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