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Graphic Novels February 2019
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The Best We Could Do : An Illustrated Memoir
by Thi Bui
The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format.
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Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? : A Memoir
by Roz Chast
A graphic memoir by a long-time New Yorker cartoonist celebrates the final years of her aging parents' lives through four-color cartoons, family photos and documents that reflect the artist's struggles with caregiver challenges.
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Flying Couch : A Graphic Memoir
by Amy Kurzweil
The author shares the story of her coming-of-age as a young Jewish artist, weaving her own story with that of her psychiatrist mother and her grandmother who escaped the Warsaw ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile.
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Hostage
by Guy Delisle
In this graphic novel, the best-selling author and artist behind Pyongyang recounts the harrowing story of Christophe André who was kidnapped and held by armed men while he was working for Doctors without Borders in the Caucasus region.
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Relish : My Life in the Kitchen
by Lucy Knisley
A graphically illustrated, recipe-complemented memoir by the indie cartoonist author of French Milk describes her food-enriched youth as the daughter of a chef and a gourmet, key memories that were marked by special meals and the ways in which cooking has imparted valuable life lessons.
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Rosalie Lightning
by Tom Hart
Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart's beautiful and touching graphic memoir about the untimely death of his young daughter, Rosalie. His heart-breaking and emotional illustrations strike readers to the core, and take them along his family's journey through loss. Hart uses the graphic form to articulate his and his wife's on-going search for meaning in the aftermath of Rosalie's death, exploring themes of grief, hopelessness, rebirth, and eventually finding hope again. Hart creatively portrays the solace he discovers in nature, philosophy, great works of literature, and art across all mediums in this expressively honest and loving tribute to his baby girl. Rosalie Lighting is a graphic masterpiece chronicling a father's undying love.
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Something New : Tales from a Makeshift Bride
by Lucy Knisley
Presents an illustrated memoir of what happens after the proposal, fascinated and horrified by the wedding industry the author set out to put her own stamp on the tradition and create the most adorable DIY wedding imaginable.
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Stitches : A Memoir
by David Small
The Caldecott-winning author of Imogene's Antlers presents a graphic account of his troubled childhood under a radiologist father who subjected him to repeated X rays and a withholding and tormented mother, an environment he fled at the age of 16 in the hopes of becoming an artist.A National Book Award finalist and #1 New York Times graphic best-seller.
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