A review by sjlizzio
And She Was by Jessica Verdi

4.0

This book provided a heartwarming glimpse into the life of a transgender mother and her strained relationship with her daughter. The challenged portrait of this mother/daughter relationship gripped me throughout the story. It was enticing that the main character, Dara, had her own sub-plots besides her overarching path to her own identity discovery and coming to terms with her mother’s past.

And She Was is a great YA novel that brings the transgender experience to the forefront for cisgender people to understand more clearly. I highly recommend!