The novel is also an insightful study of the more commonplace joys and perils of parenthood. It's a secret the whole family will struggle to keep. And then there is the constant question of what to revealor notabout Poppy's past as a boy. Part of trying to create a safe and happy childhood for her involves uprooting the family and moving from Wisconsin to Seattle. She is also part of a large family and the implications of having a transgender sibling affects everyone. Issues of schools, bathrooms, (see ' Beyond the Book') and sleepovers inevitably arise. Although Poppy's early years are told from the point of view of her parents and their concerns, as she grows Poppy's perspective develops. First it's a window into the life of a transgender child. The story that unfolds of Poppy's childhood is fascinating in many ways. So begins the transition of the youngest of the Walsh-Adams children to become a girl called Poppy. Claude is quick to walk and talk and by the age of three he is thinking about what he would like to be when he grows upa cat, or a vet, a dinosaur, a scientist, or.a girl. The novel opens with Rosie hoping that her fifth pregnancy will bring her a girla girl she might name Poppy, after her younger sister who died of cancer when Rosie was just twelve. This is How it Always Is tells the story of the family of Rosie Walsh and Penn Adams, a doctor and a writer respectively, who fall in love, marry, and have five children. This novel insightfully explores the effects of a child's changing identity on the members of a large family.
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