Annabel

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. 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. Kathleen Winter has crafted a literary gem about the urge to unveil mysterious truth in a culture that shuns contradiction.