![]() ![]() That same year I found out I was nearsighted … and I thought it would be a good idea to get my hair cut. “I remember the year I had to get braces. ![]() The memories she shares are of both small details and big moments of her childhood, many of which are widely relatable, and often quite funny. ![]() Less story than a series of vignettes, this account details individual, disparate memories of that time, and yet a sense of story emerges: about the resilience of children and families and people enduring incredible hardship and about how the unthinkable becomes normalized, especially for children who have no other experience. Here, she offers a broader sense of what life was like for her and her family during that time of unrest, covering a span of years. edition: Graphic Universe, 2012), Zeina Abirached built a story around a single night of her childhood growing up in Lebanon during the Civil War in the 1980s. In her graphic novel memoir A Game for Swallows (U.S. ![]()
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