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Goodbye Salad Days
Kevin Faces Adulthood
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Using handmade dioramas, animal photographer Traer Scott tells the story of a hamster who is struggling to face adulthood, the loss of innocence, getting older, and trying to recapture youth through awkward adventures.
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Goodbye Salad Days tells the story of Kevin, a regular hamster in a familiar quarter-life crisis.
Kevin's got his own hamster-sized home, hamster-sized furniture, and the soul-crushing societal expectation to do adulthood right. Both adorable and painfully relatable, this book is sure to hit a soft spot in any reader trying to make the best of growing up and facing adulthood.
• Features 25 scenarios with short captions
• Filled with full colour photographs of Kevin in handmade dioramas
• At once perfectly weird and very relatable, making it a great gift
Life for Kevin means enduring the grind of work responsibilities, an aching body, and mounting pressure from his parents to start a family, among other things. This sweet and funny book is a great gift or self-purchase for anyone hitting their quarter-life crisis and in need of some relatable laughs.
• This hilarious and cute book is for anyone who has experienced (or is about to experience) these moments of loss and despair, and need a good laugh or a pick-me-up
• Also a great gift for anyone who loves hamsters—especially funny photos of them
• Author Traer Scott is a celebrated animal photographer with work featured in National Geographic
Add it to the shelf with books like Henri, le Chat Noir: The Existential Musings of an Angst-Filled Cat by William Braden, The Secret Life of Squirrels by Nancy Rose, and Awkward Family Pet Photos by Mike Bender and Doug Chernack.
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Goodbye Salad Days by Traer Scott is appreciated for its humorous and poignant exploration of middle age and identity. The book cleverly combines witty observations with charming illustrations to evoke both laughter and introspection about life's transitions. Readers find the anthropomorphic journey rendered in the book relatable and heartwarming, offering a fresh perspective on growing older.
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ISBN: 9781452181936
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 29 April 2021
Country: United States
Imprint: Chronicle Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 210.0mm
Height: 157.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 64
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About the Author
Traer Scott is a photographer, animal welfare advocate and author of many books. She lives in Providence, RI, with her husband, daughter, and their various creatures.
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