Everything Is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder
PUBLICATION DATE: April 2025
6” X 9”
144 PAGES
TRADE PAPERBACK
ISBN: : 9781951491376
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What People Are Saying
“I wish it weren’t so easy to relate to this book. A deep, insightful, and dare I say, sometimes funny look at how we all deal with trauma.” —Tom Hart, author of the New York Times bestseller Rosalie Lightning
“This generous book is a complex, research-based, and layered roadmap to recovery from trauma. I can’t stop thinking about it.” —MK Czerwiec, RN, MA, author of Taking Turns
“This book illustrates the high costs that eventually come due when we deny our own needs in favor of always pushing through. It bravely asserts that sometimes the strongest thing we can do is learn how to be soft.” —Tessa Hulls, author of Feeding Ghosts
“This book is a map for those who feel lost. An intimate look into the journey of healing. The daily routines, therapy sessions, and thought processes, show us that working to recover from trauma is never easy, but absolutely worthwhile.” —Teresa Wong, author of All Our Ordinary Stories
“So many readers will find encouragement and validation from this fascinating story, as it sheds much-needed light on a difficult, misunderstood and lonely process. I loved it.”—Sacha Mardou, author of Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy
“This deeply empathetic and relatable graphic memoir breaks down the complex experience of reckoning with past sexual trauma.”—Natalie Norris, author of Dear Mini
“For anyone who is a recovering work-too-hard "badass," this engaging book draws you in and offers a fresh perspective on the complexities of trauma and therapy and on the most intimate parts of our brains.” —Shay Mirk, author of Guantanamo Voices
Synopsis
One queer person bravely and creatively uses therapy to navigate the healingfrom the trauma of a past sexual assault
One day, during an ordinary early-morning run, Cara’s watch dinged with a Facebook friend request. But when they checked the message, the photo slammed them backward in time and froze them in fear. Their rapist wanted to “friend” them.
Cara always had a long to-do list; always had many projects; always was busy. But as their rapist continued to send friend requests and tried to reconnect with them, they began to lose their grip on their work, projects, and relationships. But then Cara connects with a therapist who guides them through a long but powerful process of healing. And Cara works to desensitize, reprocess, excavate and relive the old wounds in order to move past them and heal.
About the Author
Cara Gormally is a cartoonist, researcher, and professor. Their comics have appeared in The Washington Post, Mutha Magazine, Spiralbound, and other places. Cara is the recipient of grants, fellowships, and residencies from the National Science Foundation, the American Association of University Women, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. They earned a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and is a professor at Gallaudet University. Cara lives in the DC metro area with their partner Andrea and their child.
