{"product_id":"9781770463455","title":"This Woman's Work","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThis Woman's Work\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Julie Delporte\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profound and personal exploration of the intersections of womanhood, femininity, and creativity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003es Work\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerfully raw autobiographical work that asks vital questions about femininity and the assumptions we make about gender. Julie Delporte examines cultural artifacts and sometimes traumatic memories through the lens of the woman she is today—a feminist who understands the reality of the women around her, how experiencing rape culture and sexual abuse is almost synonymous with being a woman, and the struggle of reconciling one’s feminist beliefs with the desire to be loved. She sometimes resents being a woman and would rather be anything but. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through beautifully evocative colored pencil drawings and sparse but compelling prose, \u003ci\u003eThis Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003es Work \u003c\/i\u003edocuments Delporte’s memories and cultural consumption through journal-like entries that represent her struggles with femininity and womanhood. She structures these moments in a nonlinear fashion, presenting each one as a snapshot of a place and time—trips abroad, the moment you realize a relationship is over, and a traumatizing childhood event of sexual abuse that haunts her to this day. While \u003ci\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/i\u003e is deeply personal, it is also a reflection of the conversations that women have with themselves when trying to carve out their feminist identity. Delporte’s search for answers in the turmoil created by gender assumptions is profoundly resonant in the era of #MeToo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Beautifully sketchy and introspective.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this globe-trotting, impressionistic personal essay, the Montreal cartoonist examines her own received knowledge about how a woman should be, while finding feminist inspiration in the labour of female artists.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Globe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Best Books of 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed one of the best books of 2019 by the Seattle Public Library!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Through nonlinear snapshots, Delporte explores art, gender, and ambition, laying bare her own history of trauma and subsequent struggle with her own femininity and identity.”—\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A skipping and rich meditation on the experience of gender...There is a conversational ease to the narrative method of This Woman’s Work that disarms the reader and leaves them vulnerable to flooring realizations, or even just new questions.”—\u003ci\u003eThe LA Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book is a fascinating, expansive mediation on gender politics, relationships, and the expectations women face.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart, meditative, and gorgeously illustrated feminist essay... This book will captivate and move you.”—\u003ci\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/i\u003e] speaks aloud Delporte’s taboo personal conflicts: She’s terrified that motherhood would destroy her artistic practice, she wonders if she might be able to outgrow heterosexuality, and she often wishes she weren’t a woman.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis Woman's Work\u003c\/i\u003e is a personal and contemplative inquiry into femininity and feminism in the #MeToo era.”—\u003ci\u003eCBC Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This colourful, rich book takes some processing. Read it and return to it, and still it will keep you coming back to experience its beauty, and messages again.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Impressionistic… Delporte’s chosen medium communicates both vulnerability and a guarded optimism, and her writing is razor-sharp.”—\u003ci\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An indictment of how female artists have often been written out of the history of Western art. It also manages to raise interesting questions, about feminism, gender, sexual abuse and rape culture.”—\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThis Woman’s Work\u003c\/i\u003e, by cartoonist Julie Delporte and published by Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly, seems unassuming at first. It creeps up on you with its wistful tone, delicate colored pencil drawings, and reflections on the limitations of being a woman.”—\u003ci\u003eHyperallergic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThis Woman’s Work]\u003c\/i\u003e reaches a piercing intensity as Delporte works through her ideas about women’s art, women’s creative lives, and women’s vulnerability.”—\u003ci\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a powerful, thought-provoking piece of art.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Scotland Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Womanhood is an education in grace under pressure in this melancholy meditation on art, femininity, and longing.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Though her subject matter deals largely with complicated questions of love and desire, there is a palpable joy in Delporte’s expressive line work, which takes on a meditative quality as she reflects on both her personal relationships and her relationship to her art.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Julie Delporte] works in soft, bright colored pencil, composing more by page than by panel, and each line she sets down feels earned, deliberate, intentional.”—\u003ci\u003ePaste Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reading the English translation of Julie Delporte's This Woman's Work makes me wish I could read it again in its original French—not for any imagined flaw in its translators' fluid prose (Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen), but the opposite: I would like to understand this intensely personal, affective memoir existing in it original iteration.”—\u003ci\u003ePop Matters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781770463455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Drawn and Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40708894032078,"sku":"9781770463455","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a8255663-efc9-4558-bf74-99deecf610cc.jpg?v=1640666646","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781770463455","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}