This is Claude.
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.
Until one day it explodes.
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.
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.
He\'s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches.
This is Claude