Agent: Molly Friedrich, Friedrich Literary Agency. Wonderfully contradictory story%E2%80%94heartwarming and generous, yet written with a wry sensibility. Frankel's (The Atlas of Love) slightly askew voice, exemplified by Rosie and Penn's nontraditional gender roles, keeps the narrative sharp and surprising. The story takes a darker turn when she is outed Rosie and her youngest must find their footing while Penn stays at home This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel Publisher: Flatiron Books Release Date: JanuLength: 336 pages Single Sentence Summary: A quirky family tries to navigate unfamiliar territory with compassion and humor when their youngest son wants to wear dresses and be a princess. Encouragement from a therapist and an accepting grandma can go just so far Poppy only blossoms after the Walsh-Adamses move to progressive Seattle and keep her trans status private, although what is good for Poppy is increasingly difficult on her brothers. But coming out further isolates this unique child. She also fleshes out his two eldest brothers, who worry about Claude's safety when Rosie and Penn agree that Claude can be Poppy at school.
Extraordinarily verbal little Claude is quirky and clever, traits that run in the family, and at age three says, "I want to be a girl." Claude is the focus, but Frankel captures the older brothers' boyish grossness. Four sons have made the happily married couple exhausted and wanting a daughter alas, their fifth is another boy. While Penn writes his "DN" (damn novel) and spins fractured fairy tales from the family's ramshackleįarmhouse in Madison, Wis., Rosie works as an emergency physician. Frankel's third novel is about the large, rambunctious
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