Description
For Cris and Miguel, creating a family will take a little luck and lots of determination. A Chance is the engrossing, heartwarming story of their struggles and triumphs.
The narrative follows Cristina Duran and Miguel Giner Bou as they rebuild and reinvent themselves after their daughter Laia is born with cerebral palsy. Hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and doctors become part of their daily routine. There is one chance in a thousand that Laia will pull through-and they hold on to that chance with tremendous strength and indomitable joy.
Years later, with the same courage and determination, Cristina and Miguel embark on the arduous process of adopting their second daughter, Selam, from Ethiopia. This time, they face a long period of training, psychological tests, interviews, and formalities before they can even pack their bags. And when they return with Selam, the challenge of reinvention awaits them yet again.
About the Author
Cristina Duran and Miguel Giner Bou are graduates of the Facultad de Bellas Artes de Valencia. They started out in animation, and in 1993 they founded their studio, LaGRUAestudio, where they work as professional illustrators and comic creators. In 2019, they were awarded Spain's Premio Nacional del Comic for EL DIA 3.
Reviews
"Duran and Giner Bou depict distinct experiences in parenthood with love and charm in a graphic memoir that runs by turns from harrowing to lighthearted."
-Publishers Weekly
"An extremely honest tale."
-Kevin Wolf Graphic Medicine
Book Information
ISBN 9781637790038
Author Cristina Duran
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint Graphic Mundi
Publisher Pennsylvania State University Press
Weight(grams) 953g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 171mm * 28mm
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