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Stone Fruit

By Lee Lai
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Stone Fruit by Lee Lai is a poignant graphic novel exploring the complexities of family, love, and identity. It revolves around a queer couple, Bron and Ray, as they bond with Ray's young niece, Nessie, providing a haven from life's challenges. The story delves into the couple's struggles with their families and their own relationship, offering a tender exploration of what it means to belong.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate beautifully illustrated graphic novels that explore complex themes of family, relationships, and identity. The story delves into the nuanced dynamics between a couple navigating their own struggles while building connections with a spirited, young niece. It's particularly compelling for those who value heartfelt storytelling with a touch of emotional depth.

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An exhilarating and tender debut graphic novel that is an ode to the love and connection shared among three women and the child they all adore.

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Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray's niece, six-year-old Nessie. Their playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in all three of their lives, which ping-pong between familial tensions and deeply seeded personal stumbling blocks.

As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron isolate from each other and attempt to repair their broken family ties – Ray with her overworked, resentful single-mother sister, and Bron with her religious teenage sister who doesn't fully grasp the complexities of gender identity. Taking a leap of faith, each opens up and learns they have more in common with their siblings than they ever knew.

At turns joyful and heartbreaking, Stone Fruit reveals through intimately naturalistic dialogue and blue-hued watercolour how painful it can be to truly become vulnerable to your loved ones – and how fulfilling it is to be finally understood for who you are. Lee Lai is one of the most exciting new voices to break into the comics medium, and she has created one of the truly sophisticated graphic novel debuts in recent memory.

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Stone Fruit is celebrated for its exploration of queer adulthood and the mundane challenges that follow the initial excitement of self-discovery. Reviewers praise it as an impressive debut that resembles the emotional impact of other notable comics and highlight Lee Lai's storytelling prowess. The book's honest and emotional portrayal has garnered acclaim, marking it as a significant entry in the graphic novel genre.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781683964261

Publisher: Fantagraphics

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 May 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Fantagraphics

Illustration: 1 Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 252.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 236

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About the Author

Lee Lai was born in 1993 in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. Currently, Lai makes comics and illustrations in Tio'tia: ke (Montreal), Quebec. Her short story comics have been featured in The New Yorker, The Lifted Brow, Room Magazine, and Everyday Feminism.

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