

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. Soon the entire family is keeping Claude's secret. They're just not sure they're ready to share that with the world. Rosie and Penn want Claude to be whoever Claude wants to be. When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being a princess. He's five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. This is how children change.and then change the world. Tongo about Claude, he asks them to divide behaviors into boy and girl columns. How do the epigraphs help prepare the reader for the many crossroads the Walsh-Adams family will have to face What about the first word of the novel, but 2.

This is how a family lives happily ever after.until happily ever after becomes complicated. Discussion Questions for This Is How It Always Is are Listed 1. This is how a family keeps a secret.and how that secret ends up keeping them.
