This is How It Always Is
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This is How It Always Is

by Laurie Frankel

2017•Drama•336 pages

Taste attributes: dramafamilywholesomelinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipempowerment/personal growthunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeA stirring novel, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

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5.0 / 5

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About This Book

"This is how a family keeps a secret...and how that secret ends up keeping them. This is how a family lives happily ever after...until happily ever after becomes complicated. This is how children change...and then change the world. 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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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaFamilyComplex relationshipEmpowerment/personal growthUnlikely connections

Subjects

Family secretsParents of transgender childrenFamiliesTransgender childrenParentingParent and childBoysSexual behavior

Details

Author
Laurie Frankel
Published
2017
Pages
336
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