My Sunburned Summer

MY SUNBURNED SUMMER is a coming-of-age story told through the sketchbook of Augusta, a fourteen year-old girl on vacation with her promiscuous father and rugged brother. A graphic novel that wrestles with shame and acceptance.

Publisher Marketing: I am deeply moved by the wisdom and strength of Augusta and her pure heart. She faces incredible challenges with her body, the isolation, the deep desire to bring her family together, her father's unspoken illness, the innocence taken from her and yet the love is so, so strong. I know she will overcome any obstacle and light the way for others. -Ann Randolph (writer and performer) I got hold of your book and could not put it down. The story is so moving and the drawings are superb. Congratulations for making something so wonderful and putting it out in the world. -Bette Midler (actress and performer) 'My Sunburned Summer' beautifully relays the weight young people carry-the secrets, the loneliness, the harms. It captures that dissonance of adolescence -- and by that I mean, how it's a time when you both know yourself to the best you can and yet you are, at the same time, understandably and naturally naive. It's a transitional time and so fraught. And layered onto that in this book are all the boundaries that are crossed. -Sue Landers (poet, nonprofit leader) Summer. 1987. Just as Augusta, fourteen, copes with a brother's dismay over a father's flamboyance, a mysterious a!iction suddenly cripples her budding young form. Amidst a suffocating haze of glamour and decadence, she plumbs despair's depths for beauty and truth while angst cleaves loved ones to ribbons. -Tiger Moody (author, visual folk artist) Publisher Marketing : MY SUNBURNED SUMMER is a graphic novel set in 1987 at a resort by the sea. It's a coming-of-age story told through the sketchbook of Augusta, a fourteen-year-old girl on vacation with her promiscuous father and her wild and rugged brother, who is finding out for the first time that their father is gay. It's the story of a family that breaks apart, each forced to wrestle with shame and identity, before coming back together stronger. MY SUNBURNED SUMMER represents a beacon of hope to anyone who has ever felt the sting of marginalization, misunderstanding, or neglect. Contributor Bio: Von Furstenberg, Tatiana Tatiana von Furstenberg uses the freedom of language to explore the adventures of her life, and make sense of them. Born with an undiagnosed muscle disease, storytelling became Tatiana's lifeline. Tatiana von Furstenberg has crafted narratives across many disciplines including film, songwriting and art installation. Contributor Bio: Wood, Jessika Jessika Wood started drawing when she was a toddler as a way of finding companionship. As an only child, her drawings became her friends. It was through drawing that she not only discovered her playfulness and humor, but also found an outlet for the powerful emotions that moved through her. Jessika's drawings are honest, which is why they vibrate so powerfully inside so many of us.

Format: Paperback | Pages: 216 | Publication Date: 2024-06-29