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The Late Child And Other Animals by Marguerite Van Cook; James Romberger; Small Press Expo Collection (Library of Congress) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Late Child And Other Animals about?
In this graphic memoir, a World War II survivor/single mother has a child out of wedlock, and the law threatens to take her children away from her. Hetty survives the bombing of Portsmouth by the Nazis in World War II, only to learn that her soldier husband has been killed on the way back home from North Africa. She must then complete the adoption of her young daughter June alone. A decade later, she gives birth to a bastard daughter, Marguerite. Now Hetty must go before a tribunal to prove that she will be a fit mother. What follows is the story of little Marguerites childhood in the recovering British naval port and the rural beauty of the Isle of Wight and in Normandy, France. The journeys and struggles over decades of this mother and daughter are linked in five episodes that veer between lyricism, wry wit, and harrowing suspense. The Late Child and Other Animals is an original graphic novel, a generational autobiography written by legendary punk diva and award-winning poet Marguerite Van Cook, adapted by artist James Romberger, the creator of the Eisner-nominated Post York. The team of Romberger and Van Cook is also responsible for the adaptation and art of 7 Miles a Second , t
Who reads The Late Child And Other Animals?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Marguerite Van Cook; James Romberger; Small Press Expo Collection (Library of Congress)
- Publisher
- Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, Inc.
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781606997895
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Design
- Rating
- 3.45 / 5 (82 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14