Laurie Frankelová

A poignant, heart-warming novel of love, loss and the possibility of keeping the past alive in a wholly unexpected way for fans of ONE DAY, WHEN GOD WAS A RABBIT and THE NOTEBOOK. Imagine a world in which you never have to say goodbye. A world in which you can talk to your loved ones after they've gone - About the trivial things you used to share About the things you wish you'd said while you still had the chance About how hard it is to adjust to life without them. When Sam Elling invents a computer programme that enables his girlfriend Meredith to do just this, nothing can prepare them for the success and the complications that follow. For every person who wants to say goodbye, there is someone else who can't let go. And when tragedy strikes, they have to find out whether goodbye has to be for ever. Or whether love can take on a life of its own...

'A very special book about a family with a secret. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think.' Liane Moriarty, No. 1 bestselling author of BIG LITTLE LIES Laurie Frankel's THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS the 'fascinating story of a thoroughly modern family and the giant, multifaceted love that binds them...Sparkles with wit and wisdom' (Maria Semple). Perfect for readers of WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES and THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY. 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. 'An intelligent, life-affirming, emotionally charged story' Prima

'A very special book about a family with a secret. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think.' Liane Moriarty, No. 1 bestselling author of BIG LITTLE LIES Laurie Frankel's THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS is 'a sparkling tale about the power of secrets, loyalty and love' (Sunday Mirror). Perfect for readers of WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES and A BOY MADE OF BLOCKS. 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 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.

Mindig ?ez van, ha egy család titkot őriz… és ha végül ez a titok tartja meg őket. Mindig ez van, ha egy család örökkön-örökké boldogan él… amíg ez az örökkön-örökké össze nem kuszálódik. Mindig ez van, ha a gyerekek megváltoznak… azután pedig a világot változtatják meg. Ő itt Claude. Ötéves, öt fiútestvér közül a legkisebb, és szereti a mogyoróvajas szendvicset. Lányruhát is szeret hordani, meg arról álmodozni, hogy ő egy hercegnő. Ha majd felnő, mondja Claude, lány szeretne lenni. Rosie és Penn azt szeretné, ha Claude-ból az lenne, aki lenni akar. Csak abban nem biztosak, hogy ezt készek megosztani a világgal. Egykettőre az egész család Claude titkát őrizgeti. Míg az egy napon ki nem robban. A Mindig ez van a revelációkról, az átalakulásokról, a tündérmesékről és a családról szóló regény. És arról, hogy mitől van az, hogy mindig ez van: a változás mindig keserves és csodaszerű és ismét csak keserves, a gyermeknevelés mindig ugrás az ismeretlenbe, drukkolva és szívünket-lelkünket beleadva. A gyerekek felnőnek, de nem mindig a terv szerint. Azok a családok pedig, amelyeknek titkaik vannak, nem őrizgethetik azokat örökké. Történeteinket és titkainkat elárulni keserves dolog. És néha veszélyes is. Mégis ezt kell tennünk, mert az élet így lesz jobb mindenki számára.