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Book

Queen of snails : a graphic memoir

Call Number

  • GRAPHIC NOVEL 921 B951 TEEN (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

University Park, PA : Graphic Mundi, an imprint of The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2022]

Physical Description

228 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 cm

Summary

"Uprooted from her childhood in Germany and set adrift in the American Midwest, Maureen was raised by a kind but neglectful mother who loved Jesus more than her own child and a stern, disinterested grandmother who waxed nostalgic about Nazi Germany. Growing up queer and isolated, Maureen often felt unmoored and unloved. Years later, Maureen reflects upon her complicated past. Queen of Snails follows Maureen through time and memory in her quest to untangle the trauma passed down to her over three generations of women. Part memoir and part family history, Queen of Snails is a beautifully drawn, powerful story that examines and transmutes the emotional baggage of violence, abandonment, and displacement."--

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