{"product_id":"esthers-notebooks-9780593316924","title":"Esther's Notebooks","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe hilarious, heartbreaking, and painfully true life of a girl growing up in Paris, from the acclaimed comic book artist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Arab of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery week, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friend's 10-year old daughter, Esther. She tells him about her life, her family, her school, her friends, her hopes, her dreams and her fears. And then he creates a one-page comic strip based on what she says. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is a collection of 156 of those strips, comprising the first three volumes as they appeared in Europe, spanning Esther's life from age 10 to 12. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003enoted: \"Each page of \u003ci\u003eEsther's Notebooks\u003c\/i\u003e is self-contained--there's usually a neat punchline--but read them all, and you come to see that Sattouf has drawn a portrait of a generation: their hopes, dreams and cultural references; the way that their personalities, backgrounds--many of the children portrayed have parents who are immigrants--and preconceived ideas about sexuality begin to play out even before they've begun secondary school. The result is a bit like a cartoon version of Michael Apted's landmark TV series, \u003ci\u003e Up.\u003c\/i\u003e These funny, well-observed comics are fantastically daring.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593316924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Riad Sattouf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42531000582325,"sku":"9780593316924","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6e5093d5-d872-45e5-96a4-eae16bb9f141.jpg?v=1669734905","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/esthers-notebooks-9780593316924","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}