Brian Fies

A Fire Story (eBook, ePUB)

A Graphic Memoir

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The award-winning author and illustrator presents a personal account of the Northern California wildfires of 2017 in this moving graphic memoir. On October 9th, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting in forty-four fatalities and the destruction of thousands of homes. In A Fire Story, Brian Fies shares an unflinching account of this tragedy as he and his wife experienced it-including losing their house and every possession that didn't fit in their car. As the fires continued to burn through the area, Brian pulled together A Fire Storyand posted it online. It immediately went viral. He later expanded the webcomic to include environmental insight and the fire stories of his neighbors. A Fire Storyis a candid testimony of the wildfires that left homes destroyed, families broken, and a community determined to rebuild. This updated and expanded edition includes thirty-two pages of all-new material, extending the story past the events of the hardcover edition to include updates on the rebuilding, wrestling with insurance, wrangling with contractors, the management of sometimes volatile emotions, and the threats of yet another wildfire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABRAMS Comic Arts
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781683354512
• Artikelnr.: 55385785

Autorenporträt

Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist of the award-winning graphic novels Mom's Cancer and Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? Although Fies lost his home, he and his wife have rebuilt and are living once again in their old neighborhood in Santa Rosa, California.

Rezensionen

"Drawings, words, and a few photos combine to convey the depth of a tragedy that would leave most people dumbstruck." Kirkus