An Elephant on My Chest
Or, Why Heartbreak Is Worth It (valentine's Day Gifts, Galentines)
Tra Publishing · Print & ebook · October 15, 2024
"A fun, thoughtful, and thought-provoking read from start to finish" —Midwest Book Review With charmingly relaxed illustrations and text straight from the heart, this graphic work is dedicated to a topic that almost everyone knows.
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- Who it’s for
- Lucia Zamolo reflects on heartbreak with relaxed illustrations, humor, tenderness, and honest words.
- Themes
- Heartbreak, Coping with emotional pain, Emotional reflection
- Pacing
- Reflective
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"A fun, thoughtful, and thought-provoking read from start to finish" —Midwest Book Review With charmingly relaxed illustrations and text straight from the heart, this graphic work is dedicated to a topic that almost everyone knows. Have you been hit right in the heart? Is your heart crying? Do you feel like an elephant is sitting on your chest? The elephant is called heartbreak and can be big and heavy, small and light, very present or just a memory.
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This book wants to help you in a very horrible—no, important— time. Spunky, humorous, tender, honest, (and at times angsty), young German author Lucia Zamolo talks about heartbreak with so much clarity that the book itself is like a cure for cloudy thoughts. No matter what age, this endearing rumination suddenly works better than any medicine.
Heartbreak’s Elephant
Lucia Zamolo reflects on heartbreak with relaxed illustrations, humor, tenderness, and honest words.
Come here for
- Heartbreak described as an elephant, big or small, present or remembered
- Relaxed illustrations paired with text straight from the heart
Expect
- A thoughtful look at heartbreak’s many shapes
- Text that is spunky, tender, and sometimes angsty
Where it sits
| Graphic Social Topics | 73% |
|---|---|
| Emotions & Feelings for Teens | 52% |
| Dating & Sex for Teens | 34% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Graphic Social Topics
- Dating & Sex for Teens
- Emotions & Feelings for Teens
- Authors
- Lucia Zamolo
- Publisher
- Tra Publishing
- Published
- October 15, 2024
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Heartbreak · Coping with emotional pain · Emotional reflection
- Reading lane
- Graphic Social Topics