How Lucky Am I
The inspiring and uplifting #1 Sunday Times bestseller featuring Mr Skelly
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- $229.00
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- $229.00
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INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES TIMES BESTSELLER • INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In this poignant, affirming, and beautifully illustrated journey, Mr Skelly explores the ups and downs of existence and discovers the makings of a meaningful life.
"How lucky am I, to have lost what I wanted, to find what I deserved"
Join beloved Mr Skelly, a gentle skeleton wandering across lush landscapes and treacherous terrains, through times of joy, loss, grief and love, to find his family and – ultimately – a safe home.
Along the way, he discovers life lessons which help us remember what to hold onto and what to let go of, to realise how lucky we all are, because this beautifully fragile present moment is truly all we have.
Mr Skelly invites you to shift your lens, make peace with what you can’t control, appreciate what can’t be seen, and live your life to the utmost of your ability.
How Lucky Am I is a simple reminder that, in the end, we're all made of the same bones. With gentle words and hand-painted imagery, this book hopes to shine a softer light on what's often overlooked - and maybe, in doing so, help us remember what truly matters.
What people are already saying...
"It's a pocket sized reset button, a collection of reminders that help you breathe a little deeper and feel a little lighter."
"What truly stayed with me is the message that it’s okay not to be okay and that we should be gentle with ourselves. We don’t get extra time in life, but we do get the time we have. And we can choose to fill that time with kindness, especially toward ourselves."
"Thank you, Christian Watson, for sharing this magnificent creation with the world. Mr. Skelly is exactly what we all need right now."
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Animator and designer Watson debuts with a tender inspirational volume showcasing drawings of his popular online character Mr. Skelly, a cartoony (think early black-and-white Looney Tunes) skeleton living out normal scenes of everyday life, captioned and thought-bubbled with ruminations about how one ought to treasure the time one has on Earth. While the tone can be cloying at times, the drawings are calming and cute. Most are gently illuminated outdoor scenes with Mr. Skelly lounging as he gives cogent if well-worn advice like "sometimes the only way out is through" and "what happens to you is not who you are," though occasionally the book offers up a visceral gut punch as Mr. Skelly's memento mori nature suddenly reasserts itself, with him assiduously noting that "all your worries will stop someday" and "maybe don't exist in the future worried about." An elaborate final sequence about pondering what death will be like (basically like being a cared-for child again, the author hopes) wraps up with Mr. Skelly lighting a stovetop burner the old-timey way, with a match, so he can put on a kettle of tea, a conclusion that manages to movingly transcend its hipsterish trad-ism and elicit a wistful sigh. This pulls at the heartstrings.
