Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781524884697 |
| ISBN10: | 1524884693 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 208 pages |
| Size: | 233x160x15 mm |
| Weight: | 536 g |
| Language: | English |
| 737 |
Category:
Finding the Light
A Mother's Journey from Trauma to Healing
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Date of Publication: 11 April 2024
Number of Volumes: Trade Paperback
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Short description:
Marian Henley&&&39;s beautifully illustrated memoir tells an emotionally resonant story about the wonder and redemption of raising a son after surviving extreme male violence.&&&160;&&&160;
Long description:
Marian Henley&&&39;s beautifully illustrated memoir tells an emotionally resonant story about the wonder and redemption of raising a son after surviving extreme male violence.&&&160;&&&160;
This poignant graphic memoir describes the most difficult conversation between a mother and her son — the one about the two rapes she experienced as a young woman. It’s something she always knew she would share with her son, but the process of doing so is harder —&&&160;and more freeing —&&&160;than she could have imagined. This difficult but beautiful story chronicles how she overcame trauma and violence to find love and healing as a mother. Drawing on her decades as a professional cartoonist, Henley’s elegant black ink illustrations, trademark humour, and witty writing style shine through even in the darkest moments and tell a story of survivorship, parenting, and hope.
“Henley, creator of the long-running weekly comic strip&&&160;Maxine, recounts in this fearless and lyrical graphic memoir her decision to tell her adopted son, William, about her history as a sexual assault victim… Henley’s loose, quivering linework is acrobatic; simple, understated panels periodically give way to a vividly rendered memory or a fiercely expressive face. The pain in her story is braced by her hope, elegantly expressed, that sharing it can make a difference, and her lithe art makes a difficult topic approachable. This joins the ranks of works like Diane Noomin’s&&&160;Drawing Power&&&160;that raise awareness of sexual violence through the immediacy of comics memoir." (Publishers Weekly)
This poignant graphic memoir describes the most difficult conversation between a mother and her son — the one about the two rapes she experienced as a young woman. It’s something she always knew she would share with her son, but the process of doing so is harder —&&&160;and more freeing —&&&160;than she could have imagined. This difficult but beautiful story chronicles how she overcame trauma and violence to find love and healing as a mother. Drawing on her decades as a professional cartoonist, Henley’s elegant black ink illustrations, trademark humour, and witty writing style shine through even in the darkest moments and tell a story of survivorship, parenting, and hope.
“Henley, creator of the long-running weekly comic strip&&&160;Maxine, recounts in this fearless and lyrical graphic memoir her decision to tell her adopted son, William, about her history as a sexual assault victim… Henley’s loose, quivering linework is acrobatic; simple, understated panels periodically give way to a vividly rendered memory or a fiercely expressive face. The pain in her story is braced by her hope, elegantly expressed, that sharing it can make a difference, and her lithe art makes a difficult topic approachable. This joins the ranks of works like Diane Noomin’s&&&160;Drawing Power&&&160;that raise awareness of sexual violence through the immediacy of comics memoir." (Publishers Weekly)
