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Available
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Publication
Top Shelf Productions (2011), 112 pages
Description
There are plenty of established facts concerning 26-year-old Annah Billips. She likes sushi and mountains, but hates paper cuts and beer breath. She dates girls and boys, and loves to travel. She may have a missing sister, or she might be insane. Did Annah invent an imaginary sister named Ginger during her parents' ferocious divorce, or did her mad scientist father extract part of her brain and transform it into a living twin? In this graphic novel, a host of narrators including boyfriends, girlfriends, magicians, pigeons, bulldogs, and convenience store clerks follow Annah through a night in her life in an attempt to determine that one last fact about Annah...and the Gingerbread Girl.
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LibraryThing member zzshupinga
This is the story of Annahnette (Annah) Billips...who may or may not have a missing sister. But there are plenty of things that we do know for sure about her. She dates both boys and girls (she really likes Afros), she's 27 years old, like sushi, hates beer breath...and oh yeah her parent's
I love how this story is told. Its just such a unique way of introducing the main character, the various elements of her life, and what we should know about her. The fact that it's presented by multiple different narrators allows us to see Annah from different perspectives and how different people view her and what she says is her life story. It's almost like piecing together a mystery, does she really have a sister? And I love that we never really get told whether she does or not, but the writers present us evidence on both sides so we get to form our own conclusion. Even better for me, is that although its a short book I feel like I know the characters, even the supporting ones that don't really say much. They say enough that you can recognize them as that guy that you know down the block or that waitress that you keep trying to flirt with. The authors do a fantastic job of building the characters so that we feel like we know them. And the story flows smoothly never missing a beat.
I love the artwork in this book. It reminds me a lot of the style that Craig Thompson uses in his book "Blankets." It's a nice flowing line, with good detail in the background without being overwhelming. And they capture the human form so well! I can just picture the people in real life and seeing them because that's how they move. It helps make the characters feel like real people. And the layout of the book is absolutely fantastic and really helps the story flow.
I cannot say enough good things about this book and I'm just completely blown away by the storytelling and the artwork in it. I give it 5 stars out of 5 and highly, highly recommend it. It's picks up for the 20/30 generation where Scott Pilgrim left off.
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divorced when she was 9. Annah says that her mad scientist father extracted part of her brain, the part that deals with emotions, and great it into a twin sister. In this novel multiple narrators introduce us to who Annah is as we follow her through the city one night on a date.I love how this story is told. Its just such a unique way of introducing the main character, the various elements of her life, and what we should know about her. The fact that it's presented by multiple different narrators allows us to see Annah from different perspectives and how different people view her and what she says is her life story. It's almost like piecing together a mystery, does she really have a sister? And I love that we never really get told whether she does or not, but the writers present us evidence on both sides so we get to form our own conclusion. Even better for me, is that although its a short book I feel like I know the characters, even the supporting ones that don't really say much. They say enough that you can recognize them as that guy that you know down the block or that waitress that you keep trying to flirt with. The authors do a fantastic job of building the characters so that we feel like we know them. And the story flows smoothly never missing a beat.
I love the artwork in this book. It reminds me a lot of the style that Craig Thompson uses in his book "Blankets." It's a nice flowing line, with good detail in the background without being overwhelming. And they capture the human form so well! I can just picture the people in real life and seeing them because that's how they move. It helps make the characters feel like real people. And the layout of the book is absolutely fantastic and really helps the story flow.
I cannot say enough good things about this book and I'm just completely blown away by the storytelling and the artwork in it. I give it 5 stars out of 5 and highly, highly recommend it. It's picks up for the 20/30 generation where Scott Pilgrim left off.
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LibraryThing member LibraryGirl11
Annah believes that her father removed a part of her brain and created a sister for her when she was a child--but is her father a medical genius or is she crazy? No one seems to know. Strange, and not what I was expecting from the synopsis.
LibraryThing member sweetiegherkin
Annah is a young woman who believes that her 'mad scientist' father removed a part of her brain and created a sister out it. Specifically, this sister can feel all the sensations Annah cannot. As this supposed event happened around the same time as her parents' messy divorce, Annah's two would-be
Being a fan of other works by Tobin and Coover, I was excited to check out this graphic novel. It was well done in terms of craft, but it was a peculiar little book and I'm not quite sure I liked it. In particular, the very open-ended and sudden conclusion left me feeling sort of "huh?" when I was finished reading. However, I did really like how the narration of the story was a play on stream-of-consciousness, with the story picking up with different characters (human or otherwise) as Annah passes them by during her date night.
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romantic partners (whom she keeps at an arm's length distance) are left wondering if Annah is simply using this as a metaphor to describe her feelings about the whole affair. Problem is, Annah seems to really believe her sister is out there...Being a fan of other works by Tobin and Coover, I was excited to check out this graphic novel. It was well done in terms of craft, but it was a peculiar little book and I'm not quite sure I liked it. In particular, the very open-ended and sudden conclusion left me feeling sort of "huh?" when I was finished reading. However, I did really like how the narration of the story was a play on stream-of-consciousness, with the story picking up with different characters (human or otherwise) as Annah passes them by during her date night.
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LibraryThing member sarahlh
A quirky and colorful graphic novel about a young woman named Annah who may have a sister, or not. With some terribly clever POV-hopping as a storytelling device and a main protagonist who is as refreshing as she is frustrating, Gingerbread Girl is an oddly satisfying look at family, divorce,
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romance, friendship, mental illness and the pursuit of breadcrumbs. Also, panties. Show Less
Original language
English
Original publication date
2011-05
Physical description
112 p.; 6.5 inches
ISBN
1603090800 / 9781603090803