![]() John’s, the anonymity of the city grants him the freedom to confront his dual identity. When Wayne finally escapes the confines of his hometown and settles in St. And as Wayne grows into adulthood within the hypermasculine hunting society of his father, his shadow-self, a girl he thinks of as “Annabel,” is never entirely extinguished. 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. Only three people are privy to the secret-the baby’s parents, Jacinta and Treadway, and their trusted neighbor and midwife, Thomasina. ![]() In 1968, into the devastating, spare atmosphere of Labrador, Canada, a child is born: a baby who appears to be neither fully boy nor fully girl, but both at once. ![]() 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. ![]()
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