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Two Very Different But Sweet Autobiographical Manga

The Bride Was A Boy by Chii

Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu by Junji Ito

June 22, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

The breadth of non-fiction manga is on full display between these two very different books! The Bride was a Boy is a memoir about a trans woman’s experience falling in love and getting married. It’s also a basic primer on what being transgender is like  and a good overview on the Japanese government’s policies on trans people. I know there are enormous problems in the US right now vis a vis trans rights, which terrifies me every day as a trans person, but I’m always glad we […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Autobiographical, Chii, heartwarming, japanese, Junji Ito, manga, transgender

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:61 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Autobiographical, Chii, heartwarming, japanese, Junji Ito, manga, transgender ·
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“I wanted the children I taught to know that they, too, could be worthy of featuring in a novel.”

Mine for Keeps by Jean Little

February 10, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

This book is a delight. Jean Little was a Canadian author who wrote over 50 children’s books, and her books often center on disabled characters. Little herself was legally blind from birth, and I think that the delicacy and realism of her novels really come through as a result of her own experiences. Mine for Keeps was her first children’s novel, which I just found out when doing research for this review, but it doesn’t seem like it’s uncertain or unpolished at all. It’s very confident […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction Tagged With: cerebral palsy, disabled characters, dogs, enemies to friends, friendship, heartwarming, Jean Little

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:38 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction · Tags: cerebral palsy, disabled characters, dogs, enemies to friends, friendship, heartwarming, Jean Little ·
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