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Title Secret passages : 1985-1986 / Axelle Lenoir ; translated by Pablo Strauss and Aleshia Jensen
Imprint San Diego, CA : Top Shelf Productions, 2021
©2021

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Descript 199 pages chiefly illustrations (some colour) 27 cm
Note Translator information from publisher's website
"Welcome to an autobiography from another dimension. A wildly inventive cartoonist begins her imaginary memoir--exploring the girlhood she never had. Many LGBTQ adults look back on their youth and wonder: what might have been? Growing up "in the closet" tends to produce a sort of double identity, between the inner self and the self seen by the outside world. Now, cartoonist Axelle Lenoir, in her unpredictable and imaginative way, makes this metaphor real. Secret Passages, narrated by the adult author, begins with the death of her (male) "cosmic twin." From there it launches into a rollicking ride of childhood antics, set in 1985 small-town Québec. We get to know Axelle (a rebellious little girl who dreads Grade 1 and is captivated by the spooky forest near the house), her brothers (who share her off-the-charts enthusiasm for cartoons and toys), and their long-suffering parents (who may or may not be aliens). These lively comic-strip style anecdotes, reminiscent of Calvin & Hobbes and packed full of pop-culture parodies, are juxtaposed with surreal twists as Axelle's existential crisis mutates the narrative, building to a mind-bending climax."--Amazon
Translated from the French
Subject Lenoir, Axelle -- Childhood and youth -- Fiction
Hbtqi-personer
Barndomen
Uppväxtmiljöer
Kvinnliga serietecknare
Transbarn
Families -- Fiction
Transgender children -- Fiction
Women cartoonists -- Fiction
Québec (Province) -- Fiction
Självbiografiska skildringar
Icke-fiktiva serier
Tecknade serier
Graphic novels.
Classmark 741.5/971
He.05
Alt Auth Strauss, Pablo
Jensen, Aleshia
ISBN/ISSN 9781603094993 Häftad