What We Don't Talk About
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Mike And Kate Are Having a Baby Boy
Graphic Novel - Psychological Fiction
Jacob Fuller was your average teenager until a twist of fate upended his world. Fed up with his messy lifestyle, Jacob’s parents reach their wits’ end and decide on a radical intervention. Reduced to being treated like the baby he always secretly wanted to be, Jacob feels betrayed by his family and friends, and their extreme measures. Alone and confused, he must decide whether to escape, accept his new life, or fight back.
The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott
Graphic Novel - Drama
Billie Scott is an artist. Her debut gallery exhibition opens in a few months. Within a fortnight she'll be completely blind. As Billie struggles to deal with her impending blindness, she sets off on a journey from Middlesbrough to London; into a world of post-austerity Britain and the problems facing those left behind. Her quest is to find ten people to paint for her exhibition, as well as the inspiration to continue with her art, and the strength to move on with her life.
The Guide to a Healthy Relationship
Graphic Novel - Psychological Fiction
Psychological | Drama | Hurt/Comfort
Upon discovering his now ex-childhood friend isn't dead, an emotionally immature alcoholic tries to make amends for ruining their friendship.
CW: Abuse, violence, blood, mental illness, suicidality, bigotry, slurs, self-harm, body horror, implied sexual assault.
A Projection
Graphic Novel - Psychological Fiction
A young woman starts a job as a family photographer and live-in nanny for a couple who have a fixation on preserving their children’s memory and legacy in print.
She stumbles on a recently broken shrine and starts to notice an apparition in the photographs she exposes…
A meditation on memories; making them, preserving them and keeping them secret.
A Quiet Disaster
Graphic Novel - Psychological Fiction
A grand existential crisis, a surreal Bulgakovian satire, or simply a quiet disaster? We follow Philip on his day off work as he struggles to find meaning and happiness through the everyday decisions that make up a day. Why did he cross that street? Does he keep walking, or shelter from the rain? What will make him happy? And just why is that dog wearing glasses?
Lights, Planets, People!
Graphic Novel - Slice of Life
Renowned astronomer, Maggie Hill, is due to deliver a lecture about her astonishing career to a group of science students. She’s also attending her first ever therapy session in order to overcome some debilitating anxiety. Plus, Maggie's heartbroken... but she doesn't know this yet. Through facing first herself and then a group of terrifyingly ambitious and canny young women, Maggie is forced to share her greatest achievements and admit her biggest regrets.
2120
Graphic Novel - Psychological Fiction
You're Wade, a schlubby middle-aged computer repairman, sent to fix a computer in a vacant, nondescript office building. When you get inside the door locks behind you, and you can't get out. Now the adventure begins! You have to explore this building and try to find your way home. The building is huge on the inside with a lot of sprawling hallways and empty rooms but your only hope is to uncover clues and try to work out the mystery this whole experience hangs on.
Sleeping While Standing
Graphic Novel - Biographies
A series of short autobiographical strips, dropping in at important events throughout her life that shaped who she is today, told in a compelling and humorous authorial voice. We are led by Taki through her early childhood in Japan in the early 80s, to moving to Minnesota, the separation of her parents, childhood trauma, teenage angst, death, drugs, comics, health issues, love, fertility, pets and zombies; all of life is here in this book!
Big Ugly
Graphic Novel - Slice of Life
Work, health, family -- Mel feels like her life is just circling endlessly as she begins to renew her relationship to her brother in this vibrant graphic novel. Renowned illustrator Ellice Weaver brings her crisp artwork to the graphic novel form in this powerful story of contemporary life.
Barking
Graphic Novel - Psychological Fiction
Loopy . . . cuckoo . . . stark raving. . . When the depression and grief Alix feels over the death of her friend overwhelm her, she's institutionalised. But inside a psychiatric ward, things don't get better for her - now she has nowhere to get away from her rapidly-spiralling thoughts. As Alix navigates disinterested attendants, group therapy, and isolation, she must build herself a new equilibrium and tame the black dog of her depression. Inspired by her own struggles with mental health, Lucy Sullivan tells a powerful, emotional story about the problems that sometimes overwhelm us all - and the failures in the mental health system we depend on.