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Laura dean book7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Valero-O’Connell’s ( Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks, 2018, etc.) art is realistic and expressive, bringing the characters to life through dynamic grayscale illustrations featuring highlights of millennial pink. Tamaki ( Supergirl, 2018, etc.) explores the nuances of both romantic and platonic relationships with raw tenderness and honesty. As she struggles to fall out of love and figure out how to “break up with someone who’s broken up with me,” Freddy slowly begins to be drawn back into Laura’s orbit, challenging her relationships with her friends as she searches for happiness. After Laura breaks up with her for a third time, Freddy writes to an advice columnist and, at the recommendation of her best friend Doodle, (reluctantly) sees a psychic who advises her that in order to break out of the cycle of her “non-monogamous swing-your-partner wormhole,” Freddy needs to do the breaking up herself. ![]() Laura cheats on Freddy, gaslights and emotionally manipulates her, and fetishizes her. But while Freddy’s friends are always supportive of her, they can’t understand why she stays with Laura. A 17-year-old struggles to navigate friendship and finding herself while navigating a toxic relationship.īiracial (East Asian and white) high schooler Freddy is in love with white Laura Dean. ![]()
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