Honoria: A Fortuitous Friendship
Honoria: A Fortuitous Friendship
Honoria: A Fortuitous Friendship
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Description
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When Ida is sent away for the summer to stay with the Murphys -- friends of her father, but also of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald -- she travels from New York to France and, unknowingly, into the artistic epicenter of 1929. There, she meets their haughty, sullen, and precocious daughter, Honoria, and wonders if she can be friends with the prettiest girl in the whole world. In the "perfect inverted world" of adults, one of constant play and leisure -- and inebriation, of course -- it's the children who most acutely perceive the pervasive unhappiness bubbling beneath the surface gaiety.
Achingly sad and effortlessly funny, full of the kind of youthful sincerity unclouded by pretenses of age, short story writer and cartoonist Janice Shapiro's debut graphic novel, Honoria, is the complex story of the education of two young girls who have started moving slowly into womanhood.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
A very compelling story. I couldn't put it down. A great graphic novel!--R. Crumb
Shapiro offers a curious and affecting story of grief and growth in cartoon form.-- "Library Journal"
An enchanting graphic novel debut. Shapiro draws readers into 9-year-old Ida's perspective and quietly portrays her blossoming with humor and innocence.-- "Kirkus Reviews"
A beachside villa in the South of France provides the backdrop for this poignant graphic novel debut from short story writer Shapiro. ... It's a witty and wonderful story of friendship in all its forms.-- "Publishers Weekly Starred Review"
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Fantagraphics Books
Pub date:
2025-04-01
Length:
352 pages
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