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Days Of The Bagnold Summer (2014)

by Joff Winterhart(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0224090844 (ISBN13: 9780224090841)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Random House UK

review 1: This was the best graphic novel I've read in years. I could so relate to it as a mom! A teenage boy is stuck at home with his dreary mom in the UK for the summer when his dad retracts an invitation to visit him in the USA. The drawing in the book is simple and scribbly and makes everyone look rumpled and homely, greatly enhancing the message of the book. The boy is a Metal Head and is led around by his ridiculous, over-confident best friend. The mom knows she is not cool and can’t impress her son. So they just get by, and that is enough. You sense that it’s the last summer her kid will be at home before finishing school and getting on with his life. It’s very touching...and funny, as they slouch through the summer!
review 2: This graphic novel is made up ... moreof small vignettes over the course of a summer, from the point of view of a single mother and her son. It really portrays the subtleties of a relationship where parent and child do love each other but don't always know how to connect. They're both smart, likeable people who have had some hard knocks, and it's easy to get drawn in to their lives and root for things to get better for them. I really loved it. Just a perfect little book, the illustrations and writing both. Poignant but funny too. Highly, highly recommended. less

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