#IMWAYR: Shadow Life and three picture books!
Hi folks! I utterly failed at the goal I shared in my last post to read 5 pages every day. LMAO. But I do have a few wonderful books to share with y'all! I discovered the first two books in this post from other book bloggers, back when the pandemic was in full swing. And then they sat around unread on my shelves for years. I’m glad to have finally experienced them! And an extremely cool person introduced me to the last two books in this post. I am delighted to show them to you as well! Shadow Life Written by Hiromi Goto Illustrated by Ann Xu Adult graphic novel *** Publisher's description *** Poet and novelist Hiromi Goto effortlessly blends wry, observational slice-of-life literary fiction with poetic magical realism in the tender and surprising graphic novel Shadow Life , with haunting art from debut artist Ann Xu. When Kumiko’s well-meaning adult daughters place her in an assisted living home, the seventy-six-year-old widow gives it a try, but it’s not where she wants to be...