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Forget Me Not
by Alix Garin
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
"Forget Me Not" was simply beautiful.
In this newly translated comic, Alix Garin gives us the story of Clémence, her mother, and her grandmother. Granny lives in a home and, as we begin, we can see she doesn't like it. She keeps trying to escape, convinced she's a young woman again who lives with her parents and needs to get back to them before they start worrying. And this is when we realize Granny's memory is going, and it's breaking Clémence and her mother's heart.
Horrified at the idea of medicating Granny to keep her docile and prevent dangerous escape attempts, Clémence steals her away for one final adventure: a long drive to her grandmother's family home. But it's not the fun road-trip Clémence imagined. And Granny's memory is getting worse, to the point where she teeters between recognition and total fear at the young woman she doesn't recognize (or the old woman she sees staring back at her in the mirror).
Gorgeous and sad and emotionally complex, "Forget Me Not" explores how life and relationships inform each other, and how time can bring clarity or confusion to how much we love those around us. It's also, much to my delight, a story about parents and children, and how--deep down--we're always the person we used to be, and the love we had will always be there.
Recommended if you like stories about family, aging, and the rediscovery of love between a mother and a daughter.
Thank you to Europe Comics and Netgalley for sending me a free e-ARC of this comic in exchange for an honest review.
In this newly translated comic, Alix Garin gives us the story of Clémence, her mother, and her grandmother. Granny lives in a home and, as we begin, we can see she doesn't like it. She keeps trying to escape, convinced she's a young woman again who lives with her parents and needs to get back to them before they start worrying. And this is when we realize Granny's memory is going, and it's breaking Clémence and her mother's heart.
Horrified at the idea of medicating Granny to keep her docile and prevent dangerous escape attempts, Clémence steals her away for one final adventure: a long drive to her grandmother's family home. But it's not the fun road-trip Clémence imagined. And Granny's memory is getting worse, to the point where she teeters between recognition and total fear at the young woman she doesn't recognize (or the old woman she sees staring back at her in the mirror).
Gorgeous and sad and emotionally complex, "Forget Me Not" explores how life and relationships inform each other, and how time can bring clarity or confusion to how much we love those around us. It's also, much to my delight, a story about parents and children, and how--deep down--we're always the person we used to be, and the love we had will always be there.
Recommended if you like stories about family, aging, and the rediscovery of love between a mother and a daughter.
Thank you to Europe Comics and Netgalley for sending me a free e-ARC of this comic in exchange for an honest review.