How would you react if you learned that you had fallen asleep on Monday night and woken up on Wednesday morning? How would you react if you learned that a whole day had passed while you were sleeping peacefully? And above all, how would you react if your loved ones assured you that you were wide awake during that famous day, but you had no memory of it?

This psychological thriller tells the story of Léandre, an acrobat and trapeze artist in a troupe, and the days that disappear and are stolen by “someone else”.

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In this first graphic novel, the author of Culottées gives us an autobiographical account of her life as a child, teenager and woman.

Through the subjects of everyday life: the first evenings with girlfriends, passionate vacations with lovers, the first appointment with the gynecologist, arguments with parents, pets, sometimes complicated relationships with girlfriends… Pénélope Bagieu tackles very profound themes such as education, jealousy, consent and respect.

A novel in which many of the characters are women!

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Here’s Nathan, a perfectly happy child living a perfectly ordinary childhood, until his family and his body make him realize that his name is Lila and that he is a girl.

In addition to the question of trans identity, Appelez moi Nathan recounts the sometimes violent experiences of childhood and adolescence in a gentle and poetic way. It deals with universal issues such as sexism, self-mutilation, the excesses of social networks and homophobia, and, as such it allows as many people as possible to understand and recognize themselves in this profoundly moving narrative.

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An opportunity to discover the history of the famous group The Mamas & The Papas through the story of one of its members: Ellen Naomi Cohen better known as ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot.

The illustrator’s pencil stroke delights the eye, making this as pleasant a reading experience as Culottées.

We learn much more than we might have imagined about the band members’ personal histories and the circumstances of their coming together. The book ends at the very beginning of their success, but this doesn’t hinder the reading experience in the slightest: on the contrary, it leaves you wanting more!

Bonus: there’s a small selection of songs at the end of the book, with explanations of the context in which they were written.

A real favorite and a quick read (ideal for a summer afternoon)!!

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Meet Clémence, a young woman who can’t stand any longer being systematically scorned by men. At the same time, she’s tired of being constantly angry. After careful consideration and courage, she undertakes group therapy and reflects on all the issues that are eating away at her.

Clémence en colère offers a fresh look at anger, in which Mirion Malle sees some redeeming quality beyond the usual understanding that anger is negative and impulsive. Malle makes the case that one might benefit from learning to tame our angers and to teach ourselves how to live with it, and how to transform it. Anger can also be a driving force for revolution, change and renewal.

This graphic novel with its colorful drawings takes a gentle approach to dark themes such as sexual abuse, sexual violence and trauma.

Clémence en colère, a graphic novel by Mirion Malle, La Ville brule.

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In a letter to her — young adult — daughter, Ovidie describes with much acuity her experience of being a young woman in the 90s in France. Ovidie might have been spared some of the dangers that affect today’s youth (think social media and cell phones), but she struggled more time than not to make herself heard.

Ovidie depicts the 90s as changing times. Back then, asking for a person’s consent before engaging in sexual activity would have been considered extravagant. Politics was starting to be on everyone’s mind, and conversation on the status of women vs that of men, as well as their relationships, were only at a very early stage.

This graphic novel is beautiful evidence of the violence women had and still have to face. Ovidie tells with much kindness, the way a mother would tell her child, her very own story. Her graphic memoir questions the vision of women’s bodies and its evolution.

Juliette, a young woman plagued by anxiety attacks, leaves her Parisian life behind for a while to recharge her batteries in the small provincial town of her childhood. There, she finds a father with a flickering memory, an exuberant and whimsical mother, and her sister, an exemplary mother who nevertheless hides a lover in the closet.
Juliette has a knot to untie in her suitcase. There are just as many knots in the life of Polux, a kindly, lonely barfly. By chance, their paths cross…

Juliette, les fantômes reviennent au printemps, a graphic novel by Camille Jourdy
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