{"product_id":"9781770461536","title":"Over Easy","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOver Easy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Mimi Pond\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fast-paced semi-memoir about diners, drugs, and California in the 1970s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOver Easy\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant portrayal of a familiar coming-of-age story. After being denied financial aid to cover her last year of art school, Margaret finds salvation from the straightlaced world of college and the earnestness of both hippies and punks in the wisecracking, fast-talking, drug-taking group she encounters at the Imperial Café, where she makes the transformation from Margaret to Madge. At first she mimics these new and exotic grown-up friends, trying on the guise of adulthood with some awkward but funny stumbles. Gradually she realizes that the adults she looks up to are a mess of contradictions, misplaced artistic ambitions, sexual confusion, dependencies, and addictions.\u003cbr\u003e     \u003ci\u003eOver Easy \u003c\/i\u003eis equal parts time capsule of late 1970s life in California—with its deadheads, punks, disco rollers, casual sex, and drug use—and bildungsroman of a young woman who grows from a naïve, sexually inexperienced art-school dropout into a self-aware, self-confident artist. Mimi Pond's chatty, slyly observant anecdotes create a compelling portrait of a distinct moment in time. \u003ci\u003eOver Easy\u003c\/i\u003e is an immediate, limber, and precise semi-memoir narrated with an eye for the humor in every situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sublimely evocative depiction of California in the 70s.” —\u003ci\u003eGuardian Best Graphic Novels of 2014\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For lovers of tawdry tales from the '70s, told with smarts and sensitivity, \u003ci\u003eOver Easy\u003c\/i\u003e is a gold mine.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This graphic memoir captures the funky ethos of the time, when hippies, punks and disco aficionados mingled in a Bay Area at the height of its eccentricity...Theres an intoxicating esprit de corps to a well-run everyday joint like the Imperial Cafe and never has the delight in being part of it been more winningly portrayed.” —\u003ci\u003eSalon.com Ten Spectacular Graphic Novels from 2014\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Her lines are unpretentious and airy, and her people aren't overwhelmed by their affectations; Pond can capture facial expressions with a line or two.” —\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Pond's fantastic new graphic memoir, \u003ci\u003eOver Easy\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the colorful story of her years employed at a restaurant in Oakland.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today Pop Candy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Surprisingly tender.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781770461536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Drawn and Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40596157169870,"sku":"9781770461536","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_728a7a55-079a-4be3-bc91-a76a21253479.jpg?v=1637850668","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781770461536","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}