A review by cvl_1103
Transitions: A Mother's Journey by Élodie Durand

challenging emotional hopeful informative tense fast-paced

4.0

4 stars. This book was a tough read but I think it tells a story we don’t see often. Often when we hear stories about parents rejecting their trans or queer children or not fully accepting it’s someone who is conservative and/or practices a non-accepting religion and those stories are important but there are others as well. This graphic novel tells the story of a mother who believes that she is liberal and open minded and struggles to accept that her son is trans. It’s hard to read a mother constantly misgendering their child but I do think that this graphic novel does depict that parents can change. I liked that this novel showed Alex (the main characters son) setting boundaries with his mother and sticking to them so that they could get to a place where their relationship was full of acceptance. The art in this book was also really great and I appreciated the addition of research throughout and resources at the end.
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