The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson – review

‘read this book. Not only because of the beautifully-written story, but also because of the topic, which is, in our society, still taboo’

I had the opportunity to read The Art of Being Normal – yes, everybody knows about this book, right?

The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson is a book with a not-so-much debated topic, which is transgenderism. It shows us two boys, David and Leo. David thinks he was born in wrong body. When he was small, everybody in class should have said what do they want to be when they got older. The dreams were typical: I would like to be an astronaut, a football player… But David stood up and said: I would like to be a girl.

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