Layers
A Memoir
First Second · Print & ebook · October 17, 2023
Following the Eisner-award winning Brazen, Pénélope Bagieu pens her first autobiographical work in this hilarious and bitter sweet graphic memoir.
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- Who it’s for
- A candid, funny graphic memoir finds tenderness in the awkward steps from childhood toward adulthood.
- Themes
- Friendship, Love and grief, Coming of age
- Genres
- Graphic Biography, Women's Lives, Girls & Women
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Following the Eisner-award winning Brazen, Pénélope Bagieu pens her first autobiographical work in this hilarious and bitter sweet graphic memoir. Pénélope Bagieu never thought she'd publish a graphic memoir. But when she dusted off her old diaries (no, really—this book is based on her actual diaries), she found cringe-worthy, hilarious, and heartbreaking stories begging to be drawn.
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In Layers, Bagieu reflects on her childhood and teen years with her characteristic wit and unflinching honesty. The result is fifteen short stories about friendship, love, grief, and those awkward first steps toward adulthood.
Growing Pains, Drawn
A candid, funny graphic memoir finds tenderness in the awkward steps from childhood toward adulthood.
Come here for
- Diaries turned into fifteen short stories
- Friendship, love, and grief with wit
Expect
- Cringe-worthy moments beside heartbreak
- Unflinching reflections on childhood and teen years
Where it sits
| Graphic Biography | 98% |
|---|---|
| Women's Lives | 37% |
| Girls & Women | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Graphic Biography
- Girls & Women
- Authors
- Pénélope Bagieu
- Publisher
- First Second
- Published
- October 17, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Friendship · Love and grief · Coming of age
- Reading lane
- Graphic Biography