Beginning the novel as a third-person narrator is her best friend, Evan. She returns just once a year to see her dad at Christmas, and it is during one such trip during her senior year of high school that this story begins.

You can find him at childhood friends struggle to preserve their relationship as it evolves into a romance amid a host of pressures in this remarkable illustrated work of contemporary fiction.Īfter her parents break up, her mother moves rebellious Lucy from New England to Atlanta. His first novel, Happyface, was published in March 2010. He also won a national contest for his comic strip series Steverino, which ran for several years in his local Connecticut newspaper.

achingly beautiful.-Publishers Weekly, starred review Praise for Winter Town: * Compelling, honest and true-this musing about art and self-discovery, replete with pitch-perfect dialogue, will have wide appeal.-Kirkus, starred review About the Author Stephen Emond is the creator of Emo Boy, which ran for twelve issues and two collections with Slave Labor Graphics. Whimsical, thoughtful, boyishly sarcastic, off-the-cuff. Review Quotes Praise for Happyface: * Comic artist Emond (Emo Boy) pens an endearing and self-deprecatingly witty debut novel la illustrated diary. Its an indie movie in a book, perfect for the inner outcast and lovelorn nerd in us all. Can opposites attract? Or does growing up mean having to grow apart? Told from two perspectives, this funny and honest novel by Stephen Emond (Happyface) is a unique combination of text, comic strips, and art. But Evan knows that somewhere beneath the Goth, Old Lucy still exists, and hes determined to find her.

The former girl next door now has chopped dyed black hair, a nose stud, and a scowl. But when Lucy arrives this year, shes changed. Book Synopsis Every winter, straight-laced, Ivy League bound Evan looks forward to a visit from Lucy, a childhood pal who moved away after her parents divorce. About the Book Every winter, straight-laced, Ivy League-bound Evan looks forward to a visit from Lucy, a childhood pal who moved away after her parents divorce.

Winter Town by Stephen Emond