Everything is Flammable

ISBN: 1941250181

Author: Bell, Gabrielle

Condition: New

Bell's pen becomes a kind of laser, first illuminating the surface distractions of the world, then scorching them away to reveal a deeper reality that is almost too painful and too beautiful to bear." Alison Bechdel, Fun Home, Are You My MotherIn Gabrielle Bells much anticipated graphic memoir, she returns from New York to her childhood town in rural Northern California after her mothers home is destroyed by a fire. Acknowledging her issues with anxiety, financial hardships, memories of a semi-feral childhood, and a tenuous relationship with her mother, Bell helps her mother put together a new home on top of the ashes. A powerful, sometimes uncomfortable, examination of a mother-daughter relationship and ones connection to place and sense of self. Spanning a single year, Everything is Flammable unfolds with humor and brutal honesty. Bells sharp, digressive style is inimitable.Gabrielle Bells work has been selected for Best American Comics and the Yale Anthology of Graphic Fiction, and has been featured in McSweeneys, the Believer, Bookforum, and Vice among numerous other publications. Her story, Cecil and Jordan In New York, was adapted into film by Michel Gondry. Bells previous graphic novel, The Voyeurs, was named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and the Atlantic. She currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.