![]() ![]() It seems like Raina has very much given up at this point in her early teen life on ever having a connection to Amara.Īlong the way clues are dropped in the present and past that their parents are slowly also not getting along, with the travails of lack of enough living space, job loss, and absence of discipline over the children becoming simmering issues. ![]() Happiness over the years at Amara’s arrival and growing up dampens simply because the two do not get along very well. ![]() ![]() As we see in numerous flashbacks, Raina was desperate at a young age for a little sister. They are heading to a family reunion, off in another state, but with their father coming along separately.īut Raina does not really register this development, and instead is focused on surviving the trip with Amara. Sisters tells of Raina, her younger sister Amara, even younger brother, and mom embarking on a long road trip in a packed minivan back in the mythical land of the 1980’s. Telgemeier gives us another semi-autobiographical tale, just like she did in Smile, and makes this story live comfortably in the midst of that journey. The award winning creator has already done this in Smile and Drama, her previous graphic novels.Īnd now she is grappling with the edges of parental estrangement, possibly leading to divorce, in her latest work Sisters. Tackling serious subject matters from a young persons point of view is not new for Raina Telgemeier. ![]()
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