My Sunburned Summer (Signed First Edition)

Von Furstenberg, Tatiana

ISBN 10: 1088075568 / ISBN 13: 9781088075562

Published by Trailblazer Press, 2024

About this Item

[No place]: Trailblazer Press LLC, 2024. First edition. First printing. Softcover. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Very Fine in illustrated wrappers. A pristine unread copy. Purchased at East End Books P-town at the book's launch event. Smoke-free. Tall Quarto (216 × 267 mm). 216 pages. Illustrated throughout by Jessika Wood. A graphic novel set in 1987 at a seaside resort, told through the sketchbook of fourteen-year-old Augusta, vacationing with her father and brother. As Augusta navigates adolescence, she confronts shifting family dynamics and questions of identity and belonging. This signed first printing is notably scarcer in paperback than the limited hardcover issue.

Seller Inventory # Graphic-Novels-Sunburned

Bibliographic Details

• Title: My Sunburned Summer (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Trailblazer Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1088075568
• ISBN 13: 9781088075562
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Wood, Jessika
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Graphic Novels

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

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.

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.