{"id":4355,"date":"2017-04-16T16:36:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T16:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4355"},"modified":"2017-04-15T16:38:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-15T16:38:55","slug":"this-is-how-it-always-is-by-laurel-frankel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4355","title":{"rendered":"This is How It Always Is by Laurel Frankel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Rosie and Penn are parents of five boys in Madison, Wisconsin. \u00a0From a young age it\u00a0is clear that their youngest son, Claude,\u00a0is different from the other boys.\u00a0\u00a0At three years old, he tells his parents he wants to be a girl when he grows up and wants to wear dresses and bows in his hair<\/span>.
\nActing in the best interests of their child, Rosie and Penn are supportive of Claude\u2019s feelings.\u00a0 He begins to transform into a girl named Poppy.\u00a0 Conflicts and hostilities\u00a0 \u00a0from their community cause them to move. \u00a0When they relocate, they decide to keep Claude’s gender a secret, which eventually causes stress and grief to the entire family.<\/span><\/p>\n

Although the story is about a transgender child, the bigger story is how parents will always move heaven and earth for their children.\u00a0\u00a0Being a parent, I could totally relate. \u00a0Both\u00a0my\u00a0children\u00a0have such\u00a0different personalities, but I love them both so much equally in their uniqueness and struggles. That’s\u00a0what being a parent is all about, navigating the unpredictable territory of raising children.\u00a0\u00a0It is a strong reminder that we should judge less and embrace the differences in people. \u00a0A powerful read, especially in this time period.\u00a0 Request a copy.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rosie and Penn are parents of five boys in Madison, Wisconsin. \u00a0From a young age it\u00a0is clear that their youngest son, Claude,\u00a0is different from the other boys.\u00a0\u00a0At three years old, he tells his parents he wants to be a girl when he grows up and wants to wear dresses and bows in his hair. Acting … Continue reading This is How It Always Is by Laurel Frankel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,8,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-for-adults","category-books-for-young-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-joann"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}