Read like the wind: “While the other students at her Manhattan all-girls private school arrive immaculately pressed, stern nursemaids in tow, the 12-year-old muse of Keogh‘s slim cometlike debut straggles in “hot and breathless, tearing up on skates or on foot.”
Meg makes the city her oyster, with all the grit and pungency that little bivalve implies. But it‘s Keogh‘s prose, bright and ruthless, that breathes life into this odd, vibrant book”

“The debut graphic novel by Portland based artist Blair succeeds on every level. The scratch board art is gorgeous and the storytelling steers clear of melodrama.”

Read Like the Wind: “The story concerns Patricia, a sexy blunt object whose life in New York City circa Prohibition revolves around writing ad copy, drinking rivers of Scotch and negotiating life as an ex-wife at the wizened old age of 24. This edition features a gorgeous introduction by Alissa Bennett.
Read if you like: Being wicked, shopping, breakfast for dinner, bearing distress with dignity, Elizabeth Jane Howard‘s “The Cazalet Chronicles”