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Days of the Bagnold Summer
Days of the Bagnold Summer | Joff Winterhart
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'When someone looks back and writes a history of this summer, two people they will almost certainly leave out are Sue and Daniel Bagnold...' So begins Joff Winterhart's sublimely funny and perceptive graphic novel, Days of the Bagnold Summer. Sue, 52, works in a library. Daniel, 15, is still at school. This was the summer holidays Daniel was due to spend with his father and his father's pregnant new wife in Florida. When they cancel his trip, Sue and Daniel face six long weeks together... Joff Winterhart perfectly captures the ennui, the tension, the pathos and yes, the affection of this mother-son relationship. Already well-known for his animated films like Violet and Turquoise, he here shows himself to be a comics author of extraordinary talent. Shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Award for Best Novel.
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kellock
Days of the Bagnold Summer | Joff Winterhart
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I loved this little movie, was so nice to watch something new, was almost like being at the cinema. Better actually, no irritating popcorn eaters to annoy me!! Not really a graphic novel gal but might have to seek it out.

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kellock
Days of the Bagnold Summer | Joff Winterhart
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Trying to keep lockdown interesting and varied. Will be nice to watch a new movie, I've missed the pictures 🎬🎥📚

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Lindy
Days of the Bagnold Summer | Joff Winterhart
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It's been 5 years since I read this and it's every bit as good on rereading. "No truer portrait of teenage and parental angst" is how Posy Simmonds aptly puts it. I wonder how the film version will turn out. http://deadline.com/2017/03/the-inbetweeners-simon-bird-feature-directorial-debu...

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Lindy
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There's a Leonard Cohen tribute on Saturday night at the Edmonton Poetry Festival and my sweetheart was commissioned to write a poem inspired by his work. Although she was originally assigned "Suzanne," she was relieved to switch to "Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye" instead. We are both big fans of Cohen, so I guess gloomy is a good thing.