Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
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4.6 • 72 Ratings
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- $11.99
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Publisher Description
From award-winning creators Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell comes one of the decade's most celebrated and acclaimed YA graphic novels about toxic relationships and queer first love. Winner of the Eisner Award, the Ignatz Award, and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book, this story is perfect for fans of Heartstopper and This One Summer.
Laura Dean is the most popular girl in school—funny, confident, and impossible for Freddy Riley to let go of. Being chosen by Laura Dean feels like a dream, but staying with her is another story.
After another painful breakup, Freddy’s best friend Doodle takes her to a psychic, who gives one piece of advice: end things for good. But no matter how much Laura Dean hurts her, Freddy keeps getting pulled back in. As the relationship begins to cost her friendships—especially with Doodle—Freddy starts to question what love should really look like and whether she’s brave enough to choose herself.
With gorgeous illustrations and compassionate storytelling, this modern classic explores:
• Toxic relationships and emotional growth
• LGBTQ+ teen identity and queer romance
• Friendship, boundaries, and self-discovery
• Mental health, empathy, and finding your voice
One of FORBES Best Graphic Novels of 2019
On BCCB 2019 Blue Ribbons List
One of NPR's Best Books of 2019
Booklist 2019 Editors' Choice
One of Bitch Media’s Best Queer YA Novels of 2019
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Laura Dean is a terrible girlfriend. Self-absorbed and careless, she breaks up with Frederica, 16, for the fourth time, via text message after being caught cheating at a school dance. But Freddy loves Laura Dean, and they're soon back together sort of though Freddy's relationship myopia renders her isolated and dismissive of her friends, all of whom are struggling with their own issues. A medium tells Freddy to call the relationship quits, but she has no idea how to stop perpetuating her part of the cycle. Bold, clean lines and pink highlights characterize rich art by Valero-O'Connell (the Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy series) as panels breathily dense with the personal details of the characters' lives morph to suit each meaningful scene. A largely queer and physically and ethnically diverse cast inhabits this vision of teenage Berkeley, and the high school specific mixture of self-possession and cluelessness with which Tamaki (This One Summer) imbues them lends depth and individuation. This exploration of toxic relationships and social dynamics at the cusp of adulthood is, like its cast, sharp and dazzling. Final art not seen by PW. Ages 14 up.
Customer Reviews
Amazing!
It was a worthwhile read and kept me engrossed until the very end.