Description
| Product ID: | 9780063067769 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American |
| Authors: | Author: Laura Gao, Laura Gao |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Memoirs, true stories and non-fiction, Graphic novels: literary & memoirs, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's / Teenage), Personal & social issues: racism & multiculturalism (Children's / Teenage), Social issues (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 14 years |
| Description: | “Messy Roots is a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt, and deeply engaging story of their journey to find themself--as an American, as the daughter of Chinese immigrants, as a queer person, and as a Wuhanese American in the middle of a pandemic.â€â€”Malaka Gharib, author of I Was Their American DreamAfter spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Mars—at least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name. In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter. Insightful, original, and hilarious, toggling seamlessly between past and present, China and America, Gao’s debut is a tour de force of graphic storytelling. “Messy Roots is a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt, and deeply engaging story of their journey to find themself--as an American, as the daughter of Chinese immigrants, as a queer person, and as a Wuhanese American in the middle of a pandemic.”—Malaka Gharib, author of I Was Their American Dream After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Mars—at least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name. In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter. Insightful, original, and hilarious, toggling seamlessly between past and present, China and America, Gao’s debut is a tour de force of graphic storytelling. |
| Imprint Name: | Balzer and Bray |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-03-31 |
