By Naomi Nowak (NBM)
ISBN13: 978-1-56163-511-5
Painter and illustrator Naomi Nowak paints a dreamy exploration of the uses and abuse of love in her tale of a young girl who turns her back on her wealthy family and identity. Calling herself Josephine she travels to the coast and takes a dreadful job in a sweatshop, sewing clothes for unpleasant bosses amongst broken women and girls.
Her off-duty wanderings bring her to an obnoxious old fortune teller and her fantasies lead her to some life changing conclusions in this stylish tale of emancipation and empowerment that manages to stay firmly grounded in the unreal.
Colourful, lyrical, sometimes bordering on the pretentious, but eminently readable and beautiful to look at, this different sort of graphic narrative has a great deal to offer the reader looking for more than fistfights or funny stuff.
© 2007 Naomi Nowak. All Rights Reserved.