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Mar 14, 2017fiberartus rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is an incredibly well written novel about a family's journey into unknown territory. The youngest son, who is very bright and confident, lets them know at a very young age that he is a "girl" and wants to wear his mother's nightgown (which was his costume in a play he had written and produced with his four brothers) to preschool! And from this point onward the story relates how every member of the family tries to ascertain what is the best and most loving way to live with a transgender child/sibling. The fears of the parents are especially poignant as they try to make decisions for Poppy as well as the entire family. The author has a daughter who was born a son, but makes it clear in the afterward, that this is a novel and NOT her daughter's story because "only her daughter can tell that."