Tender
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Carolanne wanted a perfect wedding, a perfect husband, a perfect family. She carefully performs her own roles (gal pal, bestie, girlfriend, wife, and expectant mother) and in trying to enact agency over her life, sacrifices it completely. Her desire to control the uncontrollable ultimately becomes her undoing. When things don't go her way, she exerts dominance over the one thing she does have total control over: her body; until that "betrays" her. After suffering a horrible loss, Carolanne spirals into a literal, all-consuming delusion that will engross comics readers and horror aficionados alike.
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 162
ISBN: 9781683969358
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/22/2024
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 42
Chicago cartoonist and educator Beth Hetland's graphic novel debut is a brilliant psychological thriller that tears down the wall of a genre -- body horror -- so often identified with male creators. Heady and visceral, Tender uses horrific tropes to confront women's societal expectations of self-sacrifice despite those traditional roles often coming at the expense of female sexuality and empowerment.
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: 03/12/2024
Pages: 162
ISBN: 9781683969358
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/22/2024
Booklist 02/01/2024 pg. 42