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![]() ![]() The relentlessly bright tone and artwork power the narrative through its less riveting segments. Like the almost overwhelmingly twee wedding (a barn raising, handmade wood boxes for the guests, midnight poutine) that she plans, Knisley (Displacement, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen) has a knack for presenting a highly precise type of whimsy that stops just shy of precious overkill. ![]() It is the story of what came after: The Wedding. Three long, lonely years later, John returned to New York, walked into Lucys apartment, and proposed. She, and in some sense the reader, comes out the other end a near expert in the kind of artisanal, ultra-personalized, not-too-pricey wedding that crafty, non-trust-fund millennials could drown their social media accounts in documenting. Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride Soft Cover 1 (First Second Books) - In 2010, Lucy and her long-term boyfriend John broke up. ![]() and being an expert.” By the end of her chirpy story about crafting the perfect ceremony for marrying her fiancé, John, Knisley has gone through all of those stages. This graphic novel, Something New-clocking in at almost 300 pages of humor, despair, and eternal love-is the story of how Lucy built a barn, invented a whole. ![]() “There’s a difference,” Knisley’s bespectacled self says at the start of this breezy yet substantial graphic memoir, “between being a nerd, a fan, an enthusiast. Something New : Tales from a Makeshift Bride. ![]()
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