The Summer of Her Life

Name: The Summer of Her Life
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781910593783
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The Summer of Her Life follows Gerda, an elderly woman in a nursing home, as she reflects on her past and the choices that shaped her life. Battling the challenges of old age and the loneliness of care by strangers, Gerda recalls her youth as a bullied, intelligent schoolgirl with dreams of entering the male-dominated field of astrophysics. Most poignantly, she remembers a defining summer when she faced a difficult choice between her career ambitions and the love of her life. This graphic novel beautifully explores themes of memory, regret, and what it means to find happiness in later years.
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This graphic novel is ideal for readers interested in emotional, character-driven stories that examine life's difficult questions about ageing, love, and fulfilment. It will resonate with those who appreciate introspective narratives and thoughtful portrayals of the challenges faced by older generations.

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Gerda stands at the window of her nursing home, looking up at the stars. A simple question has been haunting her for years, but until now she's managed to avoid it: has her life been a happy one?

As Gerda negotiates the degradations of old age and the indignity of being cared for by strangers, the past begins to seep into the present. Memories sweep over her. She remembers her life as a bespectacled schoolgirl, bullied for being smart. She remembers her ambition to enter the closed and overwhelmingly male field of astrophysics. And she remembers, most powerfully, that one summer—the summer of her life—during which she would be forced to make the most difficult decision of all: between her career and the love of her life.

The Summer of Her Life is a poetic, touching and profound graphic novel that grapples with questions that are too often left unasked. What is it like to spend your twilight years in a home? How do you know whether you've made the right choices? And what does it mean, in the end, to be happy?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781910593783

Publisher: SelfMadeHero

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 May 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: SelfMadeHero

Contributors:

Text by Thomas Von Steinaecker
By Barbara Yelin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 195.0mm

Height: 295.0mm

Weight: 650g

Pages: 80

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Adult Graphic Novels Fiction Graphic Novels

About the Author

Barbara Yelin studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. Her original graphic novel, Irmina, was nominated for an Eisner Award and an Ignatz award. She lives and works in Munich.

Thomas Von Steinacker is a German novelist and journalist. He has written extensively for radio and is the creator of several documentaries, including Richard Straus and His Heroines. Two of his novels have been nominated for the German Book Prize.