This Is How It Always Is: A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - Tapa blanda

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I was lucky enough to receive an advance reading copy of this very special book about a family with a secret. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think. (Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of THE HUSBAND'S SECRET and TRUE LITTLE LIES)

An astonishing balance of humour, complexity, and above all, kindness (Ruth Ozeki, bestselling author of A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING)

Huge heart, humour and compassion. A sparkling tale about the power of secrets, loyalty and love, this novel is wonderfully engaging, gorgeously written and has characters that will captivate you (Sunday Mirror)

Heart-warming and funny... I found this both unputdownable and enlightening. I'm so glad I've read it - I know so much more about life now (Katie Fforde)

A lively and fascinating story of a thoroughly modern family and the giant, multifaceted love that binds them. THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS sparkles with wit and wisdom (Maria Semple, bestselling author of WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTE)

An intelligent, life-affirming, emotionally charged story. This is a very relevant read for today's world - it'll make you laugh and cry (Prima)

Wonderful, magical (Red)

Thought-provoking and topical (Woman & Home)

Written with wry humour and compassion, this is a personal story of parenting, love and understanding (Sunday Express)

A touching novel (Good Housekeeping)

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The Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick

'Every once in a while, I read a book that opens my eyes in a way I never expected' Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick)

'It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think' Liane Moriarty, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies

This is how a family keeps a secret...and how that secret ends up keeping them.
This is how a family lives happily ever after...until happily ever after becomes complicated.
This is how children change...and then change the world.

This is Claude. He's five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. 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. They're just not sure they're ready to share that with the world. Soon the entire family is keeping Claude's secret. Until one day it explodes.

Laurie Frankel's This Is How It Always Is is a novel about revelations, transformations, fairy tales, and family. 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. And families with secrets don't get to keep them forever.

What readers are saying about This Is How It Always Is:

'This writing is glorious. A fabulous book. Topical, moving, full of magic'

'One of the most amazing and thought-provoking books I have ever read. It's warm, well observed and funny'

'A beautiful love story of two people who meet, fall hopelessly in love and then create a wonderful unique family of five'