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This is how it always is [Book Club Kit] / Laurie Frankel.

Frankel, Laurie, (author.).

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"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"--Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781250088567 (paper)
  • ISBN: 1250088569 (paper)
  • Physical Description: 327 pages ; 5 copies ,1 Bag, 1 Discussion Guide ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2017.

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SCRL BOOK CLUB KIT

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Genre: Domestic fiction.

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  • Baker & Taylor
    A family reshapes their ideas about family, love, and loyalty when youngest son Claude reveals increasingly determined preferences for girls' clothing and accessories and refuses to stay silent.
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    New York Times Bestseller
    The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick

    “Every once in a while, I read a book that opens my eyes in a way I never expected.”     —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick)

    People Magazine’s Top 10 Books of 2017
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    Pacific Northwest Book Awards Finalist
    The Globe and Mail's Top 100 Books of 2017
    Longlisted for 2019 International DUBLIN Literary Award

    “It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think.” —Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies

    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.

    This is Claude. He’s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being a princess.

    When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl.

    Rosie and Penn want Claude to be whoever Claude wants to be. They’re just not sure they’re ready to share that with the world. Soon the entire family is keeping Claude’s secret. Until one day it explodes.

    Laurie Frankel's This Is How It Always Is is a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. 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. And families with secrets don’t get to keep them forever.

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