Name: Little Fish
ISBN: 9781551527208

Casey Plett

A novel about memory, family, and identity in which a trans woman learns her grandfather may have been trans himself.

Little Fish

Ryan Mateyk

I think the synopsis of this book is a little misleading. Yes, it is about a trans woman and yes, she does discover her late grandfather may have been a trans woman as well, but the bulk of this book is the daily life of Wendy living in Winnipeg. A bulk of this story was super dark and upsetting, yet it always remained hopeful and there were many happy moments as well, particularly surrounding Wendy and her friends, as well as her well-meaning father.

absolutely incredible book, and the fact that so many people didn't like this book is kind of insane to me.  the sentence "Every morning, Wendy woke and felt normal for five, ten, fifteen, thirty seconds, then remembered, Sophie is dead." is never going to leave me alone for the rest of my life

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Brook

Outstanding and devastating. This is a book full of people I've known, slept with, and smiled at across the room. Family is a tenuous thing, and Little Fish finds space for it throughout. I'm not sure what I would've made with this years ago, but now, it's a sad and good ache. I hope Casey keeps writing, and sharing her work with us for years to come. I read this in one go, and it was a wild ride that had me laughing and crying.