Lee’s Reviews > This Is How It Always Is > Status Update

I’m loving this book. I’ve laughed and cried. The first few chapters focused on the parents are excellent prose. My only criticism so far: it feels like wish fulfillment; the parents are so affirming of their gender non-conforming child as to feel sentimental. The social worker felt out of place, like a lesson for less informed readers. It’s cathartic to read, though, and I’m enjoying it more than realism.