Dear Mini: A Graphic Memoir, Book One [Hardcover]

This debut graphic memoir (the first of two books, with Book Two coming in 2025) is a bittersweet coming of age story that chronicles the authors teenage experiences with sexual assault, PTSD, and resiliency.A vivid debut graphic memoir of adolescent resiliency. This graphic novel tells a gripping story from the inside perspective of a teenage girl who has both the good and bad luck of resembling an erotic male fantasy. Great read. This energetic graphic memoir debut ... reveals?the vulnerability of [two] young women charging through a sometimes violent world of men, and recalls the work of Ulli Lust and Phoebe Gloeckner. Its an eye-opening and candid expos?. Remarkable testimony from a remarkable new voice in comics. Norris adeptly crafts a bittersweet coming-of-age tale that transcends mere cautionary tropes. It emerges as a vivid and multifaceted portrayal of adolescent agency in the face of traumatic circumstances, tracing the protagonists transformative journey from an unruly and untamed youth to an individual who reclaims her voice after a protracted period of muted existence regarding the trauma of what happened.