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Giant (Hardback Graphic Novel)
The captivating and affecting graphic novel debut of a major new talent.
Deeply moving and tender, with gorgeous ball-point illustrations, Mollie Ray’s debut graphic novel is a resonant story of empathy, healing and hope.
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Summary
One morning, a teenage boy wakes to find that he has grown to the size of a giant. Inspired by the journey of the author’s younger brother, this wordless wonder of a book follows the experience of a family as one of their own faces a life-threatening illness. As his health declines, can the family remain resilient on his long journey through treatment?
Deeply moving and tender, with gorgeous ball-point illustrations, Mollie Ray’s debut graphic novel is a resonant story of empathy, healing and hope.
Critic Reviews
Wonderfully unique, existing as a ‘silent’ comic without any dialogue, purely conveying emotion through the feelings inspired by the artwork. There’s a hopefulness at the centre of it that is wonderfully refreshing.
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Beautiful . . . A gloriously tender and empathetic book that manages to say things for which words are incapable about family, illness, courage, anguish and recovery.
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A really powerful and affecting debut and the launch of a singular new talent in Mollie Ray.
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Beautifully drawn [Mollie Ray] relates a transformational, deeply personal crisis into a universal parable of fear, hope and in this case joyous resolution all without saying a word ... A moving and most remarkable achievement.
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A wonderful, moving, original book. It teaches us a new visual language for love, for worry and for family. It will reach and touch many hearts.
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My favourite kind of comic: saying more with eloquent silence than words can ever manage. Mollie Ray’s exquisitely rendered drawings guide us tenderly through this tale of family, courage, fear and joy.
MollieRay
Mollie Ray is an illustrator and comic artist. One of Broken Frontier’s ‘Six To Watch in 2021’ her work has been celebrated by LICAF, platforms such as Creative Boom and The AOI, and supported by the Arts Council and the Society of Authors. She graduated with a first in Illustration from the University of Edinburgh. Originally from Cumbria, the oldest…
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