This Is How It Always Is: The Reese Witherspoon Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick - Hardcover

Frankel, Laurie

4.28

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9781472241580: This Is How It Always Is: The Reese Witherspoon Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1472241584 ISBN 13: 9781472241580

Publisher: Headline Review, 2017

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'A very special book about a family with a secret. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think.' Liane Moriarty, No. 1 bestselling author of THE HUSBAND'S SECRET

Laurie Frankel's THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS the 'fascinating story of a thoroughly modern family and the giant, multifaceted love that binds them... Sparkles with wit and wisdom' (Maria Semple). Perfect for readers of WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES and THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY.

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.

'An intelligent, life-affirming, emotionally charged story' Prima

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Review:

I was lucky enough to receive an advance reading copy of this very special book about a family with a secret. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think. (Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of THE HUSBAND'S SECRET and TRUE LITTLE LIES)

An astonishing balance of humour, complexity, and above all, kindness (Ruth Ozeki, bestselling author of A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING)

Huge heart, humour and compassion. A sparkling tale about the power of secrets, loyalty and love, this novel is wonderfully engaging, gorgeously written and has characters that will captivate you (Sunday Mirror)

Heart-warming and funny... I found this both unputdownable and enlightening. I'm so glad I've read it - I know so much more about life now (Katie Fforde)

A lively and fascinating story of a thoroughly modern family and the giant, multifaceted love that binds them. THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS sparkles with wit and wisdom (Maria Semple, bestselling author of WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE)

An intelligent, life-affirming, emotionally charged story. This is a very relevant read for today's world - it'll make you laugh and cry (Prima)

Wonderful, magical (Red)

Thought-provoking and topical (Woman & Home)

Written with wry humour and compassion, this is a personal story of parenting, love and understanding (Sunday Express)

A touching novel (Good Housekeeping)

Book Description:

'A very special book about a family with a secret. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think.' Liane Moriarty, No. 1 bestselling author of BIG LITTLE LIES.

All happy families are alike. But happy can be complicated...

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