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A graphic memoir that covers Chinese history from the Communist takeover, Hong Kong history and how this impacts the life of thee generations of women, a grandmother, mother and daughter.

The grandmother works as a journalist in China and becomes an unmarried mother. The father is Swiss. Having a mixed race child is dangerous in Mia‘s China. She writes a memoir about her experiences which Hulls uses.

A memoir about how policies impacts people

Found the sixties in this graphic memoir! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

Also my August nonfiction for #MonthlyNonfiction2025 @julieclair

An absolutely phenomenal memoir in graphic novel format (which can be magical for me as a reader if done well!) in which Hulls explores the generational traumas of her maternal line. Her Chinese grandmother‘s break from reality (in which the Chinese government is at least partially responsible) reverberates through Hulls‘ mother‘s life and her own. An incredible weaving of past and present, exploring 3 generations all over the globe.

12 books in July. Tagged was my favorite

My daughter works at the Cleveland Foundation which awards the annual Anisfield-Wolf awards. So I got this book for free. This graphic memoir delves into mental illness, generational trauma, navigating being mixed race, and more. I highly recommend it.
Side note: we read it because my other daughter‘s name is Tessa, the author‘s name, which you don‘t hear often. Does anyone else do that?

Interesting look at the author's family history, heavily affected by mental illness.

For me, it was overlong, but judging from the comments on here this is a minority opinion!

...I made books my world.

(Name those books...)

"But the craziness was starting to get really bad.... She kept thinking people were chasing us..."

...the rulers would certainly have no reason to place blame upon me.

Long ago, something happened and she lost her mind...

Excellent graphic memoir.
Tessa Hulls did a great job retracing her family's history and organizing this book so readers could get a thorough picture of her family history. How the persecutions suffered in China by her grandma made her lose grip with reality, how her grandma's mental illness affected her mother, and how her mother's experience having to take care of her grandma had a bearing on her parenting, and their relationship.

Just wow. One of the best graphic memoirs I‘ve ever read. Not to be missed!

In this Friday Reads edition on booktube: fiction & nonfiction in audio + a graphic memoir, & why I only read 3 books (crafting, cooking and sporting content)

https://youtu.be/TcXpA7Tqpgg

#bookmail! Tagged and The Anomaly are for book club. River for my #WomensPrize reading. And Nightwatching just because - sounds like a page-turner!

https://youtu.be/h_j0PUf9jW8?si=hnvAnm0oyZJkT8ae

Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir by Tessa Hulls
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/127282542-feeding-ghosts

Wow, this is one of the most honest, intense, and powerful books I have ever read. The story of how a woman from China, her daughter and granddaughter are all connected through trauma. Tessa Hulls‘ story of her family‘s history should be read often and win every award possible!