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Remember Us to Life

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by Annemarie Jutel Content Advisory: This graphic memoir includes a death by suicide. The crisis Lifeline number in the U.S. and Canada is 988, in the U.K. it’s 999; and for elsewhere go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_suicide_crisis_lines . Anyone who has done genealogical research will admire the work of Joanna Rubin Dranger in Remember Us to Life.  It’s a detailed and carefully drawn story of the author’s Ashkenazi family:  refugees from some of the most decimated Jewish communities in Europe.  In contrast to the spidery outlines of a family tree, her graphic memoir provides deeply textured imagery, historical documents and characterizations of… Read More

Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey

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by Saily Marrero Edel Rodriguez’s graphic memoir, Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey is an immigrant story about the perilous journeys families make in the hopes for a better future. Because of the topics covered in this book and some brief nudity, this memoir is for mature audiences. Rodriguez’s memoir briefly mentions many different medical topics from work injuries, mental health, alcoholism but the inadequate medical care and hunger faced by the author’s family take center stage. More than anything, Rodriguez’s Cuba is a country of scarcity. There are innumerable mentions of lack of food, opportunities, and medical supplies, which only… Read More