Nothing Ever Happens Here
By Sarah Hagger-Holt
“This is Littlehaven. Nothing ever happens here.” Izzy’s family is under the spotlight when her dad comes out as Danielle, a trans woman. Izzy is terrified her family will be torn apart. Will her parents break up? And what will people at school say? Izzy’s always been shy, but now all eyes are on her. Can she face her fears and stand up for what’s right? This book is a much needed story, a gentle perceptive honest exploitation of transitioning and family life which explores relationships and change in a genuine way. It’s a direct and accessible narrative which inspires discussion and accepttance and allows us to see, from Izzy’s perspective, how her parents’ transition plays out.
It’s not sensationalist and gives families an opportunity to understand the everyday feelings explored here. Hagger-Holts’ prose gives us a family struggling against the prejudices of society which sees transition as an issue, problem or threat. Izzy and her parents life goes on, shopping, schooling, the ordinary happens all around them. There’s real warmth in the trans characters in this book, real people, living concrete lives and connecting, supporting and loving each other in a world which sometime struggles to understand them.
The heart of this book is family life, not the changes which happen, but how, at it’s core this family – strange and true like all families – keeps itself on an even keel by being honest and unconditionally loving all it’s members, just for being them.
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