pickIn her graphic memoir, Emma Grove documents six months spent seeing Toby, one of the worst therapists possible. She needed a referral from Toby (who happens to be a transman) in order to proceed with her gender transition. The catch? She has Dissociative Identity Disorder. And Toby was not equipped to deal with her challenges. This book is over 900 pages and I read it in two days. A page-turner that‘s full of heart. #TransGirlApril #LGBTQ #comics
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pickWhat a fascinating memoir. Wow. So this 900 page graphic novel can be read in one sitting so don‘t let the heft worry you. It‘s about Emma, a transgender woman who enters therapy with the hope of being approved for hormone therapy. She presents 3 different personalities in the sessions. Does she have DID? Who is the core personality? How did her past contribute to the situation? I‘m so glad the author wrote this to explain her complex journey.
“One day I looked around, and there were all these “new“ young people everywhere, and I want one of them. Once that happens, it all speeds up. One day you're 30 years old, and then you look up and there's an old man in the mirror.“
"The saddest thing about getting old is how much you look forward to lunch."
pickA graphic novel character study of aged Canadian local TV presenter George Sprott, his life told in flashback by an omniscient, though unreliable, narrator, from the temporal vantage point of the last three hours of George's existence, at least on Earth.
George is presented warts-and-all, his bumbling avuncular public persona fronting an egocentric & somewhat unpleasant character, but it's easy to be judgemental, isn't it?
Enjoyable low pick: 3.5⭐
pickVery fun read/experience! It‘s manga adaptation paired well with a read through of Folk Legends From Tono, which are a collection of folk stories from the mouth of Sasaki Kizen who helped Yanagita Kunio collect the stories for his work that the manga is based off of. Mizuki‘s wit and youthful yet sonorous perspectives (through imagery) played super well together delivering a unique peak into the not so distant ethnography of Japanese folk lore.
pickQuick overview of Zora Neale Hurston‘s life story. It certainly isn‘t in depth but gives a quick overview of her life in graphic form.
