Messy Roots

<p><strong><em>Messy Roots</em> is a laugh-out-loud heartfelt and deeply engaging story of their journey to find themself--as an American as the daughter of Chinese immigrants as a queer person and as a Wuhanese American in the middle of a pandemic.--Malaka Gharib author of <em>I Was Their American Dream</em></strong></p><p>After spending her early years in Wuhan China riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu Laura immigrates to Texas where her hometown is as foreign as Mars--at least until 2020 when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name.</p><p>In <em>Messy Roots</em> Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team escape Chinese school and figure out why girls make her heart flutter.</p><p>Insightful original and hilarious toggling seamlessly between past and present China and America Gao's debut is a tour de force of graphic storytelling.</p>