A vibrant tableau of small-town life as seen through the eyes of a woman returning home from Paris. Juliette boards a train from Paris and comes back to her hometown hoping for a low-key visit with family and old friends. What she finds is anything but. Her sister, a caregiver and mother of two, is carrying on an elaborate affair with a man from a costume shop. Her parents, separated, are now estranged. Father is sure he s developing Alzheimer s, though it s more likely that he s simply getting old. Mother, on the other hand, revels in the second act of her life as a free woman, an artist with a show at their local gallery to prove it. Slowly, Juliette finds herself entangled with the unlikely Georges, a dyspeptic alcoholic who is stuck in his life. These divergent paths inevitably cross against a gloriously painted backdrop of eccentric small-town living. Camille Jourdy s beautiful watercolor pages provide an unfeigned mileu for the subtle dramedy at hand in Juliette. All too real human emotions, bittersweet and relatable in their rawness, come together to form a poetic realism.
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- Authors:
- Jourdy, Camille
- Year Published:
- 2023
- Country of Publication:
- Canada
- Format:
- Paperback
- Illustrations Note:
- Full-colour illustrations throughout
- ISBN:
- 9781770466647
- Number of Pages:
- 240
- Publication Date:
- 18/07/2023
- Publisher:
- Drawn and Quarterly
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781770466647