Bad Houses
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.98 (863 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1595829938 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Sara Ryan (sararyan) lives in Portland, Oregon.The Marvel and Other Short Stories is a collected anthology of six short stories written by the winners of the Austin Macauley World Book Day short story competition
Lewis’ mother, who raised him alone under stringent house rules, has roped him into the family business of running estate sales. Once someone manages to find a way out, they never look back. McNeil’s black-and-white illustrations lovingly capture the rainy, kitsch-filled town of Failin and the expressive faces of the characters. Ann’s mother, Danica, is a compulsive hoarder and routinely needs Ann to help take care of her until Danica starts dating a “feckless asshole” who is far angrier and more hurtful than he appears. From Booklist Failin, Oregon, is a town of left-behinds, a mecca for antique-shop junkies, and a wasteland of urban decay. Twentysomethin
TChris said Holding on and letting go. I never thought much about (or paid any attention to) estate sales until I read this graphic novel. The contents of houses tell stories about their owners, the choices they made, what they held dear. People cling to possessions they don't really want. Professional and amateur vultures devour the t. Graphic novel on isolation, possessions, and economics Johanna Draper Carlson It’s when one comes across a work as subtle and detailed and well-crafted as Bad Houses that one realizes how rare it is to see a true novel in graphic novel form.In the small town of Failin, Oregon, Cat runs an estate sales business, responsible for disposing of the detritus of other people. J K Carrier said An intensely emotional and brilliantly told coming-of-age story. This is a powerful graphic novel, an intensely emotional and brilliantly told story. Bad Houses takes place in and around the world of estate sales, and that grim necessity of liquidating a dead person's belongings becomes a metaphor for the various characters' struggles to cope with their own bag
Failin was once a thriving logging community. Lives intersect in the most unexpected ways when teenagers Anne and Lewis cross paths at an estate sale in sleepy Failin, Oregon. Now the town's businesses are crumbling, its citizens bitter and disaffected. Superbly observed, exquisitely drawn, with a sharp bite and a real human pulse. Anne and Lewis refuse to succumb to the fate of the older generation as they discover—together—the secrets of their hometown and their own families. * From award-winning creators Sara Ryan Carla Speed McNeil (Finder)! "Bad Houses is the best graphic novel I've read all year. Magnificent." — Warren Ellis, author of Gun Machine and Transmetropolitan