Graphic Novel + Mini Quick Character Portrait

5 reasons to read + Character mini art

🦋5 stars 🌟

Very beautiful, true, and sad.

The color palette is perfect for the art style, design and emotion of this story.

A life from birth to adulthood. Navigating the hardships of being between cultures, in China and Toronto.

A caring father and a mother with mental issues. The stigma and the switch to a more understanding (we hope) society that helps and accepts help.

Very relatable, doesn't matter what ethnicity we are.

Happy Release Day

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I love graphic novels specially when they are inspired by the author's life experiences.

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A poignant and vividly illustrated graphic memoir about a young woman's search for belonging as her immigrant family moves between Canada and China.

Lily isn't sure where home is anymore. Her family is constantly on the move, resettling in different towns across Canada and, eventually, in Shanghai, China. Her father plays the role of primary caregiver while her mother is absent for long periods of time. When she reappears, her strange behavior turns Lily's life upside down. As Lily enters her college years, she strives to better understand her family and her place in the world. But can she escape the inherited trauma passed down by her immigrant parents?

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