Description
When someone is murdered next door, it changes everything about the way you live your life.
When Hugh was ten years old, he walked home from school to find his friends next door crying outside - they had just come home and discovered their mother's body. She had been murdered.
Now an adult, Hugh has a happy social life and a successful career as an artist in Oakland, California. But even so he is plagued by anxiety, anger, and panic attacks. As he attends therapy and looks back on his childhood, he comes to realize the trauma and stress that the murder next door had on his life, and how it still affects him today.
Does trauma ever go away? Or does it just hang around, in the backs of our minds forever? This thoughtful, powerful memoir explores how one event in childhood can make a permanent mark on someone's life.
About the Author
Hugh D'Andrade is an award-winning illustrator based in Oakland, California. His work has appeared on young adult book jackets, rock posters, magazines, t-shirts, skateboards, and on the occasional gallery wall. Hugh is Creative Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and he has taught at the California College of Arts & Crafts, and the San Francisco Art Institute. This is his debut graphic novel. Follow the author on Instagram @hughillustration
Book Information
ISBN 9781951491352
Author Hugh D'Andrade
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Street Noise Books
Publisher Street Noise Books
