Once There Was Transgender and within the hollow trunks

and within the hollow trunks of trees

” —Anthony Horowitz

Ruby is always busy -- she loves to make things

a young woman who journeys from the carelessness of childhood through an uneasy adolescence in search of love and sexual experience

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Once There Was Transgender and within the hollow trunksCorinne Demass Once There Was is a simple, modern fable about dreaming of being something else, transformations, and the interconnectedness of all things, featuring whimsical full color illustrations by Gemma Capdevila. In this magical, modern fairy tale, a girl dreams she is a princess. A princess dreams she is a horse. A horse dreams she is a tree, a tree a mountain, a mountain a moon, a moon a sea, a sea a girl. This contemplative story plays on