It's an incredible debut and leaves me hoping we see much more from Lee Lai., Lee Lai perfectly composes the intricacies of intimacy, the families we stem from and those we grow into. book that will change the literary landscape in 2021.'', A poignant and mature rumination on how people change, and change each other, proving Lai a talent well worth watching., Lai presents a tender and emotionally raw examination of three women struggling to form and maintain their identities within and outside of their immediate family, illustrated in a loosely expressive style that conveys both bombastic catharsis and silent anguish with aplomb., Stone Fruit is one of the best comics I've read this year, one that will linger the way Spinning or Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me did. ''Lee Lai's graphic novel debut is an elegantly illustrated and introspective marvel, a deeply moving story about the push and pull between family and selfhood. Lee Lai is one of the most exciting new voices to break into the comics medium and she has created one of the truly sophisticated graphic novel debuts in recent memory. At turns joyful and heartbreaking, Stone Fruit reveals through intimately naturalistic dialog and blue-hued watercolor how painful it can be to truly become vulnerable to your loved ones - and how fulfilling it is to be finally understood for who you are. Taking a leap of faith, each opens up and learns they have more in common with their siblings than they ever knew.

As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron isolate from each other and attempt to repair their broken family ties - Ray with her overworked, resentful single-mother sister and Bron with her religious teenage sister who doesn't fully grasp the complexities of gender identity. Their playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in all three of their lives, which ping-pong between familial tensions and deep-seeded personal stumbling blocks.

Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray's niece, six-year-old Nessie.

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