It’s patiently restrained and full of deft choices. It’s narratively and artistically confident. Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their. It’s wise and gentle about relationships. An Illustrated Novel by Craig Thompson Craig Thompson wrote and drew this bittersweet, 600-page, semiautobiographical story of a young man raised in a strict evangelical tradition, haunted by. An exhilarating and tender debut graphic novel that is an ode to the love and connection shared among three women and the child they all adore. “Lee Lai’s debut graphic novel “Stone Fruit” (Fantagraphics) is mature in so many respects. Starred Review: “The result is a poignant and mature rumination on how people change, and change each other, proving Lai a talent well worth watching.” (Source: Publishers Weekly) Bron’s struggles with her Christian family and her experiences with mental illness are shown.Ģ021 Harvey Awards Nominee for Book of the YearĢ022 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ ComicsĢ022 ALA Rainbow Roundtable Over the Rainbow selection The main characters of this title are Ray, a queer Chinese woman, and Bron, a queer trans woman. Taking a leap of faith, each opens up and learns they have more in common with their siblings than they ever knew. As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron isolate from each other and attempt to repair their broken family ties - Ray with her overworked, resentful single-mother sister and Bron with her religious teenage sister who doesn’t fully grasp the complexities of gender identity. In this graphic novel, a middle-aged Bruce Wayne comes out of retirement to do what he does best: fight crime on the mean streets of Gotham City. Their playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in all three of their lives, which ping-pong between familial tensions and deep-seated personal stumbling blocks. Stone Fruit, written by Lee Lai and published by Fantagraphics, has won the 2022 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize. Its a beautiful story about family, sisterhood, parenting, queerness.

Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray’s niece, six-year-old Nessie. This graphic novel is absolutely stunning-visually, thematically, emotionally.

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