{"product_id":"9781770460911","title":"Don't Go Where I Can't Follow","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eDon't Go Where I Can't Follow\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Anders Nilsen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA STORY OF LOVE AND LOSS INSCRIBED IN PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, LETTERS, AND BEDSIDE SKETCHES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this collection of letters, drawings, and photos, Anders Nilsen chronicles a six-year relationship and the illness that brought it to an end. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon't Go Where I Can't Follow \u003c\/i\u003eis an eloquent appreciation of the time the author shared with his fiancée, Cheryl Weaver. The story is told using artifacts of the couple's life together, including early love notes, simple and poetic postcards, tales of their travels in written and comics form, journal entries, and drawings done in the hospital in her final days. It concludes with a beautifully rendered account of Weaver's memorial that Glen David Gold, writing in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, called \"16 panels of beauty and grace.\" \u003ci\u003eDon't Go Where I Can't Follow \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply personal romance, and a universal reminder of our mortality and the significance of the relationships we build. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published as a limited edition in 2006, this collection includes a new afterword written by Nilsen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] lonely, tender pastiche.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A tribute to the life and death of a woman he loved and to the redemptive power of art.” —\u003ci\u003eGlen David Gold , Los Angeles Times Best of 2007\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Evokes unavoidable swells of emotion.” —\u003ci\u003eSeattle Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Grave and glorious, life affirming and love affirming . . . Raw emotions are transformed by observance and love, into memory and art.” —\u003ci\u003eNew City Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781770460911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Drawn and Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40593271783630,"sku":"9781770460911","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a0e5b9a9-e4e5-4297-8bae-d9034b96e98a.jpg?v=1637785074","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781770460911","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}