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Book

Parenthesis

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL 921 D9487 (CEN)

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Publication Information

San Diego, CA : Top Shelf Productions, [2021]

Physical Description

221 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

Parenthesis is a graphic memoir that narrates the author's experience with tumor-related epilepsy--losing herself, and finding herself again. Julie is barely out of her teens when a tumor begins pressing on her brain, ushering in a new world of seizures, memory gaps, and loss of self. Suddenly, the sentence of her normal life has been interrupted by the opening of a parenthesis that may never close. Based on the real experiences of cartoonist Élodie Durand, Parenthesis is a gripping testament of struggle, fragility, acceptance, and transformation.

Notes

Originally published in French under the title La Parenthèse, 2010.

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