"Unexpected friendships"
Gossamer Folds is a story about finding family and acceptance where you least expect it. Set in 1986, ten-year-old Tate is uprooted and unwillingly moved to the suburbs of Kansas City. As his parents’ marriage unravels, Tate finds solace in the unlikely friendships of his next-door neighbors: a retired college professor and his transgender daughter, Gossamer.
Jackson Robert Scott
Tate
Alexandra Grey
Gossamer
Sprague Grayden
Frannie
Franklin Ojeda Smith
Edward
Shane West
Billy
Ethan Suplee
Jimbo
Yeardley Smith
Phyllis
Jen Richards
Diana
Brenda Currin
Maybelle
Gossamer Folds is a story about finding family and acceptance where you least expect it. Set in 1986, ten-year-old Tate is uprooted and unwillingly moved to the suburbs of Kansas City. As his parents’ marriage unravels, Tate finds solace in the unlikely friendships of his next-door neighbors: a retired college professor and his transgender daughter, Gossamer.
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