![]() I though the glossary was enlightening and helpful in my quest to treat all people the right way –part of which is using the terms people prefer. Plus! Bonus! At the end of Happy Families was a glossary of terminology from GLAAD concerning the transgender community. How will they be treated at church? What do they call dad now? What happens to the family? Does he still love them? Happy Families is written in a way that never felt disrespectful or condescending. ![]() ![]() I thought it was reasonable that Justin and Ysabel reacted by wondering what people will think of their family. I liked that the reactions were not sanitized. We get a strong sense as readers of the twins’ uncomfortable, scared reaction to them coming to grips with what is now an unchangeable fact in their lives. I like learning things, not being a jerk among them. Davis’s book isn’t one of those happy go lucky swoonfest contemporary books, but more of a let’s learn something so we can grow up and not be jerks contemporary books, WHICH IS FINE. He then moves across the state and the twins reluctantly visit him for a week. This all changes when, as mentioned above, dad comes out as a transperson. Their parents are married and successful in their professional fields. The twins are living happy lives - both excel in their hobbies- jewelry making and debate team. Happy Families is told through the alternating chapter point of views of Ysable and Justin. ![]()
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