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1) Tender
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"On the surface, expectant mom Carolanne is a painfully average woman, chatting with the gals at the office about her husband and baby on the way. But a menacing mood hangs over quotidian scenes, which are periodically interrupted by Carolanne's grotesque nightmares (in one, she imagines licking a cat until she drowns in hair, her gut depicted as a cave strangled by black strands) and flashbacks revealing her desperation for a picture-perfect marriage....
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Margaret Atwood's best-loved novel has taken the world by storm again. Riding high on bestseller lists for months and the basis for Hulu's Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning smash hit series, The Handmaid's Tale is everywhere--and it's primed for a stunning new graphic novel adaptation. The story is iconic: In the Republic of Gilead, a Handmaid named Offred lives in the home of the Commander, to the purpose that she become pregnant with his child....
3) Monica
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphic Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A ... tapestry of interconnected narratives that together tell a life story, Monica is the new graphic novel from one of the most iconic storytellers of all time. This eponymous protagonist is a rag-to-riches character who, after being abandoned by her freewheelin' parents in childhood, succeeds in clawing her way to the top--only to lose it all in a stroke of bad luck. She lives out the rest of her days in search of her parents, encountering a cast...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This book tells the story of two young women who go through two different abortions (medical and surgical). It begins with the moment they decide to have abortions, and follows them through the process of choosing a clinic, reaching out to friends, partners, and family...and eventually the procedure itself. Hayes uses the graphic novel format to demystify what can be a very intimidating and often lonely experience. Like no other book out there, Not...
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"What Makes Girls Sick and Tired is a feminist manifesto that denounces the discrimination against and unfairness felt by women from childhood to adulthood. The graphic novel, illustrated in a strikingly minimalist style with images of girls with varied body types and personalities, invites teenagers to question the sexism that surrounds us, in ways that are obvious and hidden, simple and complex."--
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Originally mentioned in It's in His Kiss--one of the Bridgerton novels which inspired the smash Netflix series Bridgerton--Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron is finally told here in its entirety for the first time... Born into a happy family that is tragically ravaged by smallpox, Miss Priscilla Butterworth uses her wits to survive a series of outlandish trials. Cruelly separated from her beloved mother and grandmother, the young girl is sent to...
Author
Series
Erased volume 5
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2017-
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-nine-year-old Satoru Fujinuma is floundering through life. Amid his daily drudgery, he finds himself in the grip of an incredible, inexplicable, and uncontrollable phenomenon that rewinds time, a condition that seems to only make his drab life worse. But then, one day, everything changes. A terrible incident forever changes Satoru's life as he knows it ... and with it, comes a "Revival" that sends Satoru eighteen years into the past! In the...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1951. Twenty-year-old wallflower Lee Kyung ekes out a living at the US Post Exchange, where goods and services of varying stripe are available for purchase. She peddles hand-painted portraits on silk handkerchiefs to soldiers passing through. When a handsome young northern escapee and erstwhile fine artist is hired despite waning demand, an unlikely friendship blossoms into a young woman's first brush with desire against the backdrop...
Author
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In a dark fantasy retelling of "The Little Mermaid," a young girl barely escapes an encounter with a deadly mermaid, and the two quickly form a romantic bond that threatens all of their social ties on land and beneath the sea.--Publisher.
10) The third person
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the winter of 2004, a shy woman named Emma sits in Toby's office. She wants to share this wonderful new book she's reading, but Toby, her therapist, is concerned with other things. Emma is transgender, and has sought out Toby for approval for hormone replacement therapy. Emma has shown up at the therapy sessions as an outgoing, confident young woman named Katina, and a depressed, submissive workaholic named Ed. She has little or no memory of her...
11) Wash day diaries
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In expanding the story of Kim and her friends, the authors pay tribute to Black sisterhood through portraits of shared, yet deeply personal experiences of Black hair care. From self-care to spilling the tea at an hours-long salon appointment to healing family rifts, the stories are brought to life through beautifully drawn characters and different color palettes reflecting the mood in each story."--Amazon.com.
12) Jane
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"A powerful modern day reimagining of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel Jane Eyre. Jane learns that in the world of New York's elite, secrets are the greatest extravagance and she must decide if she should trust the man she loves or do whatever it takes to protect her best friend from the consequences of his deception"--Provided by publisher.
"Growing up in an unhappy family in a small New England town, Jane dreamed of escaping to New York City to...
13) Ms. Marvel
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Kamala always seemed like the odd one out, growing up Muslim in Jersey City, but when a Terrigen mist descend upon the city she is transformed into Ms. Marvel, a new crime-fighting superhero with the power to shrink, enlarge, and morph into any shape and size.
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