Their bi-weekly playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in daily lives that ping-pong between familial tensions and isolation. Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties for Ray’s niece Nessie. It’s patiently restrained and full of deft choices. Stone Fruit is an ode to the love and connection shared between sisters. It’s narratively and artistically confident. 2022 Lambda Literary Award WINNER, LGBTQ Comics. 2022 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize WINNER. It’s wise and gentle about relationships. The first (and only) graphic novel to win the Pulitzer Prize, Maus is a critically lauded work that depicts the cartoonist Art Spiegelman, interviewing his father, Vladek, about his experiences as a Polish Jew and Holocaust survivor. 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. Lee Lai's evocative art style coupled with flowing dialogue, the book explores the intricacies of the human condition. I read it with great interest in one sitting. 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 is one of those graphic novels that grabs you right away. Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray’s niece, six-year-old Nessie.

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