{"product_id":"stonefruit","title":"Stone Fruit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2022 Cartoonist Studio Prize WINNER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2022 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize WINNER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2022 Lambda Literary Award WINNER, LGBTQ Comics\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray’s niece, six-year-old Nessie. Their playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in all three of their lives, which ping-pong between familial tensions and deep-seeded personal stumbling blocks. As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron isolate from each other and attempt to repair their broken family ties — Ray with her overworked, resentful single-mother sister and Bron with her religious teenage sister who doesn’t fully grasp the complexities of gender identity. Taking a leap of faith, each opens up and learns they have more in common with their siblings than they ever knew.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt turns joyful and heartbreaking, Stone Fruit reveals through intimately naturalistic dialog and blue-hued watercolor how painful it can be to truly become vulnerable to your loved ones — and how fulfilling it is to be finally understood for who you are. Lee Lai is one of the most exciting new voices to break into the comics medium and she has created one of the truly sophisticated graphic novel debuts in recent memory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[[[Specifications]]]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" style=\"height: 58.7814px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003ePages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e236\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eYear Published\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLee Lai is an Australian cartoonist living in Tio’tia:ke (colonially known as Montreal, Canada). In 2021, she was selected as one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 for her debut graphic novel, \u003cem\u003eStone Fruit\u003c\/em\u003e, which went on to win several awards, including the Lambda Literary Award for Graphic Novel, the Cartoonist Studio Prize, the Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize, and two Ignatz Awards. Her comics have appeared on the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGranta Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eMuseum of Modern Art Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg height=\"112\" width=\"168\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/images_b585aa71-c4ad-44de-9c57-34de574b9594.jpg?v=1745272019\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50859218862367,"sku":"9781683964261","price":39.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/71VIttjWhxL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1745271919","url":"https:\/\/venusenvy.ca\/products\/stonefruit","provider":"Venus Envy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}