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Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame
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This memoir is well suited to readers interested in graphic novels that tackle contemporary feminist issues, personal recovery narratives, and explorations of female identity and societal expectations. It will particularly resonate with those seeking thoughtful, honest reflections on consent, shame, and resilience.
An intimate, clever, and ultimately gut-wrenching graphic memoir about the daily decision women must make between being sexualized or being invisible.
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An intimate, clever, and ultimately gut-wrenching graphic memoir about the daily decision women must make between being sexualized or being invisible.
In Commute, we follow author and illustrator Erin Williams on her daily commute to and from work, punctuated by recollections of sexual encounters as well as memories of her battle with alcoholism, addiction, and recovery. As she moves through the world navigating banal, familiar, and sometimes uncomfortable interactions with the familiar-faced strangers she sees daily, Williams weaves together a riveting collection of flashbacks.
Her recollections highlight the indefinable moments when lines are crossed and a woman must ask herself if the only way to avoid being objectified is to simply cease to draw any attention to her physical being. She delves into the gray space that lives between consent and assault and tenderly explores the complexity of the shame, guilt, vulnerability, and responsibility attached to both.
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Williams does not shy away from her shame; her anger and vulnerability create a compelling critique and lament. As Publishers Weekly notes, this sharp and beautifully illustrated memoir resonates deeply in today’s cultural moment. Kirkus Reviews describes it as a catharsis fitting a pivotal societal period, while BookPage calls it an eloquent addition to the essential voices recounting women’s experiences under patriarchy. The Beat praises Williams’s unapologetic and vulnerable storytelling as a powerful and timely read.
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ISBN: 9781419736742
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 08 October 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: Abrams ComicArts
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 152.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
ERIN WILLIAMS is the author and illustrator of What's Wrong? Personal Histories of Chronic Pain and Bad Medicine and the co-author and illustrator of How to Take Care and the Big Activity Book series. She teaches art and writing in New York.
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