- Paperback: 148 pages
- Publisher: Von Allan Studio; 1st edition (Oct 8 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0978123700
- ISBN-13: 978-0978123703
- Product Dimensions: 14 x 21.6 x 0.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #224,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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There are all kinds of ways that this comic could have gone wrong, and Von managed to cut through it all and make an outstanding graphic novel. --Optical Sloth
The world needs more books like this. --Sequential Tart
Allan offers an empathetic glimpse at a realistic teen who doesn't rattle cages to seek help. --Library Journal (March 15, 2010)
Allan sensitively makes Marie the focus of her own story, never preaching to readers. --Booklist Online (January 1, 2010)
"The Road to God Knows..." is an intriguing and touching graphic novel with a unique art style, highly recommended. --Midwest Book Review (January 2010)
Allan is an optimist who strives to explore the human heart in all of its intricate complexity. --Small Press Book Reviews (December 28, 2009)
The world needs more books like this. --Sequential Tart
Allan offers an empathetic glimpse at a realistic teen who doesn't rattle cages to seek help. --Library Journal (March 15, 2010)
Allan sensitively makes Marie the focus of her own story, never preaching to readers. --Booklist Online (January 1, 2010)
"The Road to God Knows..." is an intriguing and touching graphic novel with a unique art style, highly recommended. --Midwest Book Review (January 2010)
Allan is an optimist who strives to explore the human heart in all of its intricate complexity. --Small Press Book Reviews (December 28, 2009)
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The road to god knows... is the story of Marie, a teenage girl coming to grips with her Mom's schizophrenia. As a result, she's struggling to grow up fast; wrestling with poverty, loneliness, and her Mom's illness every step of the way. Betty, Marie's Mom, can't help; she's living with an illness that's slowly getting worse and increasingly frightening, and she just doesn't have the resources left over at the end of the day to help Marie. With her Mom absorbed in her own problems, Marie is essentially alone while she learns to deal with the chaos in her young life. Marie's youth makes it that much harder for her to cope - as a teenager, she just doesn't have the life experience to feel confident about her decisions. At the start of the story, we see a scared young girl, uncertain and overwhelmed, but as Betty collapses into a full nervous breakdown, Marie is forced to examine herself and her life and come to a decision: does she continue to be a child, reacting to what's happening around her? Or does she take control of her life, come what may?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, Real and Relatable,
By Adorkable Thespian (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The road to god knows... an Original Graphic Novel about Hope, Friendship, Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, and a Young Teenage Girl Coping with Her Life and Coming of Age in a Broken but Loving Family (Paperback)
"the road to god knows..." is a beautifully written, artfully rendered tale. Marie, the above mentioned young, teenage girl is a vulnerable protagonist. Marie is a welcome departure from the genetically gifted adolescents of cable network television. Author, Von Allan has opted instead to tell this story from the perspective of an adorably, average-looking girl.The main story, involving Marie and her mother's schizophrenia is deftly garnished with slice-of-everyday-life subplots. Marie's passion for wresting. Her struggles to fit in at school. Her relationship with her best friend. Although it's graphic fiction, "the raod to god knows..." feels real. Not only in the writing, but in the nuanced illustration. I found myself lingering on certain panels, trying to absorb all of Allan's details. In conclusion, a great read and a prized addition to my personal library!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Powerful,
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This review is from: The road to god knows... an Original Graphic Novel about Hope, Friendship, Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, and a Young Teenage Girl Coping with Her Life and Coming of Age in a Broken but Loving Family (Paperback)
Summary: I think the author's own sub-title pretty much sums up the story: "an Original Graphic Novel about Hope, Friendship, Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, and a Young Teenage Girl Coping with Her Life and Coming of Age in a Broken but Loving Family".Comments: This is Canadian Von Allan's first published book. It is an incredibly powerful story. Marie is a young teenager, 13 or 14, dealing with poverty, being teased at school, having only one friend (though a true best friend), parents who do not live together, and a mother who suffers from schizophrenia and keeps going into the hospital after breakdowns. Von Allen has captured this girl's immense range of feelings and especially shows it in his detailed b/w drawings. While the speech lacks a certain natural flow, especially between the two girls, it does tell the story well. The mother's love for her daughter comes through between her very different behaviours and there are two especially frightening scenes that shock the reader into seeing the full extent of this disease. It's hard to put a suitable age range on the book; there is some foul language and a nude scene plus of course the intense subject matter thus I would say 15+ but the book could be read by mature 13+ or those from similar backgrounds. The language and nude scene are not gratuitous but integral to the story. The book really has no other plot than the day to day life of Marie coping to live with her mom and then being sent to stay with her dad when her mom is in the hospital. It's a look at a severe reality. But all is not bad as Marie does have a wonderful, understanding friend and the book explores the role of even just one friendship in a harsh life. The book does come to a very abrupt ending which is rather jarring but upon reflection one can see why it ends where it does. A worthy read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible graphics, real story,
This review is from: The road to god knows... an Original Graphic Novel about Hope, Friendship, Mental Illness, Schizophrenia, and a Young Teenage Girl Coping with Her Life and Coming of Age in a Broken but Loving Family (Paperback)
I absolutely loved this book. the graphics were incredible. I think my favourite part was the characters. They were real. I couldn't put it down. I spent so much time savouring the story, and pouring over the graphics. Highly recommended.
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