## Review Date #note/sourcereview/book | #source/book📚/fiction ## What is the story I did not finish the book. A boy grows up in Exeter, NH with a single mom who marries a man who is male-female trans. He learns that his mom is gay. Through their adventures, the characters explore sexual identity, social pressures, and mental health. Magical realism was unable to resuscitate what ended up being circuitous writing, too many callbacks and foreshadowing without making progress on the story. Life is short! ## Source: Irving, J. (2022). _The last chairlift_ (First Simon&Schuster hardcover edition). Simon & Schuster.