Big thank you to Zando and NetGalley for letting me read this one early in exchange for my book review!
✨ Found Family
✨ Unconventional friendships
✨ Small town
✨ Political Awareness
✨ All things transgender
Oh this damn book. I am not a general fiction reader when it comes to my reading habits. That was pushed aside promptly when I saw Woodworking in my inbox. This book takes you on an emotional journey, one that shouldn’t be taken lightly, and as a non-binary person, this one really dug into the question, “what really happens when you finally say the words ‘I’m transgender’ out loud?”
This book takes you on the journey of a teacher who has just recently come out to themselves as a transgender woman, and her student, a transgender girl who just moved to the area. I loved their friendship, and no, it didn’t get weird. It was wholesome and they really grew together as humans. They didn’t date, they went to group therapy and texted questions that (as was mentioned in the book) could have probably been googled if it had been safe to do so.
This book is a message of heartache and growth and hope and love, I highly recommend everyone read it.
And if you’re a trans person and in a space where you aren’t able to come out or are unsafe in any way, know that I see you, and you are valid, real, and wanted here.
This book comes out March 4, 2025 and you can pre-order it here!
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