{"product_id":"9781683963165","title":"Dancing After Ten","description":"\u003cp\u003eA graphic biography about a woman who lives a vital and fulfilling artistic life after a rare disease left her blind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e: Together Chong and Webber create a comics language that paradoxically communicates sightlessness through drawing. ... The result is a unique comics document of visceral embodiment.-- \"The New York Times\" Review Quotes : A stunning graphic memoir. Chong brings her story to light in a way as beautiful as it is memorable.-- \"Bitch Media\" Review Quotes : The dance between their [Chong and Webber's] styles illustrates how artists with differing experiences and abilities can partner to make art that's elevated by the experiment.-- \"Publishers Weekly\" Review Quotes : A prime example of the graphic medicine genre, which illustrates medical conditions, often through lived experience, this work is engaging and informative but never feels teachy or preachy.-- \"Library Journal\" Review Quotes : [Chong and Webber's] achievement underscores the message from advocates on behalf of those with disabilities -- focus on what people can do, not what they can't.-- \"Toronto Star\" Review Quotes : In sharing the story of how she found joy, and a new self, after Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis syndrome took her vision, her hearing, and so many things she loved, Vivian Chong has given all of us who have struggled, and continue to struggle, with chronic illness a great gift.-- \"Book Riot\" Review Quotes : A compelling, uncommon story. Readers interested in disability and\/or graphic medicine will value this work.-- \"Booklist\" Review Quotes : A beautiful volume detailing Chong's life now.-- \"Ms. Magazine\" Review Quotes : Dancing After TEN represents an extraordinary testament to Chong's indomitable spirit.-- \"NPR Books\" Brief Description : \"In late 2004, Vivian Chong's life was changed forever when a rare skin disease, TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), left her with scar tissue that would eventually blind her. As she was losing her sight, she put down as many drawings on paper as she could to document the experience. In Dancing After TEN, Chong teams up with cartoonist Georgia Webber -- whose graphic autobiography, Dumb, chronicled her own disability -- to trace her journey out of the darkness and into the spotlight. Chong now expresses her art through singing, stand-up, drumming, running, and dancing. This graphic novel is an inspirational tale and a powerful work of graphic medicine.\"--Provided by publisher. Review Quotes : In Stone Fruit , relationships are characters unto their own -- tangled, evolving, alchemical. Lee Lai is a major new comics talent.--Jillian Tamaki (This One Summer) Publisher Marketing : In late 2004, Vivian Chong's life was changed forever when a rare skin disease, TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), left her with scar tissue that would eventually blind her. As she was losing her sight, she put down as many drawings on paper as she could to document the experience. In Dancing After TEN , Chong teams up with cartoonist Georgia Webber -- whose graphic autobiography, Dumb , chronicled her own disability -- to trace her journey out of the darkness and into the spotlight. Chong now expresses her art through singing, stand-up, drumming, running, and dancing. This graphic novel is an inspirational tale and a powerful work of graphic medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover | \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2020-06-02\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46476902367363,"sku":"9781683963165","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9781683963165.jpg?v=1770284279","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/9781683963165","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}