Kathleen Winter’s luminous debut novel is a deeply affecting portrait of life in an enchanting seaside town and the trials of growing up unique in a restrictive environment. Though Treadway makes the difficult decision to raise the child as a boy named Wayne, the women continue to quietly nurture the boy’s female side. Kathleen Winter has crafted a literary gem about the urge to unveil mysterious truth in a culture that shuns contradiction.
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In 1968, a child is born in a remote coastal town of Labrador, Canada, appearing to be both a boy and a girl. Only three people know the secret: the child's parents and a trusted neighbor. As Wayne grows within a hyper-masculine society, his shadow-self, a girl he envisions as 'Annabel,' remains ever-present.
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