Look Again
by Elizabeth A. Trembley
PUBLICATION DATE: September 2022
7” X 8.75”
320 PAGES
TRADE PAPERBACK
ISBN: : 9781951491185
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What People Are Saying
“Intense, articulate, and self-reflective, this makes one look hard at the shifting nature of memoir. An involving graphic memoir for enthusiasts of the genre.” —Library Journal
“Profoundly smart, enlightening, and challenging, yet also personal, relatable, and funny. Absolutely brilliant!”—Tom Hart, author of the New York Times bestseller Rosalie Lightning
“Trauma shatters what we think of as truth. This deeply moving memoir perfectly captures how we rewrite the stories we tell ourselves in order to heal. I’m so grateful I read it.” —Danny Gregory, author of How to Draw Without Talent
“Both unsettling and reassuring, navigating the thorny and ever-branching paths of memory, psychology, fear and trauma, while excavating the power of art and comics as sources of healing.” —Bishakh Som, author of Apsara Engine and Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir
“This one-woman Rashomon is not only an engrossing page-turner, it's also a powerful argument for the power of comics to convey the fragmented nature of traumatic memory.” —Matt Madden, author of Ex Libris
Synopsis
Once, years ago, while walking her dogs in the woods, Elizabeth found a dead body.
Trauma can make truth hard to find. Have you ever experienced a terror, grief, or confusion so great that when you try to share it you can only find shattered images floating in darkness? You try over and over, but can’t tell the story, to yourself or to anyone else. Look Again presents us with six variations of the same event, seen through the different lenses caused by other life revelations. It explores the fragmenting nature of trauma by tracing the convoluted evolution of the author’s story, a process often experienced by trauma sufferers and their loved ones.
About the Author
Elizabeth A. Trembley is a Lambda Literary Award-winning mystery writer (pen name Josie Gordon) and memoirist who now tells her stories in comics. She has a Ph.D. in Literature from the University of Chicago. Elizabeth has taught college courses and public workshops on storytelling and comics, and currently, she works for the Sequential Artists Workshop. Elizabeth lives in West Michigan with three big dogs, two cats, and her Episcopal priest wife. And she walks in the woods every day.
