本書特色：◎ 從照護者角度書寫的自傳體小說，真人真事。◎ 在英國已經熱銷超過十萬本◎【國外書評】．「妙筆生花……凱西‧瑞森布克揭露意義深遠的人生真相：我們要認真去愛，勇敢去愛，即使這樣做可能會摧毀我們；我們必須正視曾經傷害我們的過去，並找出方法與之共處；我們可以挺過難以想像的傷痛，最終慢慢復原……她帶著端莊、自信和一顆無比寬大的胸懷從這本無所畏懼的回憶錄崛起。」《星期日泰晤士報》（Sunday T
'...this poignant and disarming story is full of heart and its crescendo will give you tingles' Attitude Magazine 'Outstanding' Irish ExaminerSam has known his sister Jessica all his life. Tonight is the first time they're going to meet. Sam Waver has always been a loner: bullied, struggling at school, with parents who have very little time for him.The one person he has always been able to rely on is his beloved older sibling - but when they announce that they are transitioning, Sam's life is thrown upside down. He's convinced nothing will ever be the same again - but as Sam is about to discover, nothing is more constant than love. A moving and heartfelt portrait of one family's journey to acceptance, from a master storyteller.'A story with so much heart that the pages practically pulse. Both funny and moving... this is a must-read for all ages' Irish Independent
Two siblings journey into the woods in a tender story of branching out and new growth from acclaimed writer Andrea Zimmerman and New York Times bestselling illustrator Jing Jing Tsong.If I were a tree, I know how I'd be.My trunk strong and wide, my limbs side to side, I'd stand towering tall, high above all, My leaves growing big, and buds on each twig.If I were a tree, that's how I'd be.The sister has camped in the forest many times before. The brother is nervous for his first overnight trip. As the illustrations in this multifaceted picture book show the siblings discovering the woods, the text celebrates the strength and grace of the trees that surround them, through evocative verse that speaks to all five senses: If I were a tree, I know what I'd smell.Sweet honey and bees, and skunk on the breeze.I'd smell smoke in the air, the breath of a bear, Old fungus decay, and rain on the way.If I were a tree, that's what I'd smell.And with this new knowledge, the siblings are able to overc
