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Katin, Miriam

Summary: "A stunning memoir of a mother and daughter's survival in WWII and their subsequent lifelong struggle with faith. In this captivating and elegantly illustrated graphic memoir, Miriam Katin retells the story of her and her mother's escape on foot from the Nazi invasion of Budapest. With her father off fighting for the Hungarian army and the German troops quickly approaching, Katin and her mother...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn and Quarterly 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 KAT

Skelly, Katie

Summary: "Christine Papin, an overworked live-in maid, is reunited with her younger sister, Lea, who has also been hired by the wealthy Lancelin family. They make the estate's beds, scrub the floors, and spy on the domestic strife that routinely occurs within its walls. What starts as petty theft by the maids -- who are flashing back to their tumultuous time in a convent -- shortly turns into something...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books Inc. 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SKE

Beaton, Kate

Summary: "Hark! A Vagrant" takes readers on a romp through history and literature -- with dignity for few and cookies for all -- with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, and political and historical figures, all drawn in Kate Beaton's pared-down style. This collection features favorite stories from the webcomic of the same name, as well as new, previously unpublished content. Whether...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2011

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEA

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEA

Hannigan, Kate

Summary: In History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire, writer Kate Hannigan and illustrator Alex Graudins tell the true story of how a city rose up from one of the worst catastrophes in American history, and how this disaster forever changed how homes, buildings, and communities are constructed. A deadly blaze engulfs Chicago for two terrifying days! A brother, a sister, and a helpless puppy must race...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977.311 HAN

Lehmann, Matthias

Summary: "Karl Kling's story is one of revelations, and these he has addressed in a letter to his daughter, Hella, who had disowned Karl many years ago. Karl's letter is a cri de coeur from a father to a daughter he never really got to know, and he comes clean to her about his failed marriages, his fractured family relations--and his love for men. Taking place between the end of World War II and the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 LEH

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