Parenthesis

<b>A triumph of graphic memoir <i>Parenthesis</i> narrates the author's experience with tumor-related epilepsy--losing herself and finding herself again.</b> <p/>Judith is barely out of her teens when a tumor begins pressing on her brain ushering in a new world of seizures memory gaps and loss of self. Suddenly the sentence of her normal life has been interrupted by the opening of a parenthesis that may never close. <p/>Based on the real experiences of cartoonist Élodie Durand <i>Parenthesis</i> is a gripping testament of struggle fragility acceptance and transformation which was deservedly awarded the Revelation Prize of the Angoulême International Comics Festival.