Jennifer Hayden

"When Jennifer Hayden was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43, she realized that her tits told a story. Across a lifetime, they'd held so many meanings: hope and fear, pride and embarrassment, life and death. And then they were gone. Now, their story has become a way of understanding her story: a journey from the innocence of youth to the chaos of adulthood, through her mother's mastectomy, her father's mistress, her husband's music, and the endlessly evolving definition of family. As cancer strikes three different lives, some relationships crumble while others emerge even stronger, and this sarcastic child of the '70s finally finds a goddess she can believe in" --

The Story of My Tits

Bursting with color, flavor, and messy emotions, this unprecedented graphic memoir blends comics with satirical recipes to explore the intersections of food, feminism, frustration, and family.

Jennifer Hayden has never liked to cook. She’s not particularly good at it, either. But, like so many of us…she does it anyway.

Why is that? Where did these expectations come from? What happens if you don’t live up to the ideal of the perfect wife/mother/chef? And would someone please open a window before the fire department comes?

Where There’s Smoke, There’s Dinner: Confessions of a Cartoonist Cook is an accidental memoir from a woman whose comics earn rave reviews around the world but whose meals earn shrugs around the dinner table.

Marinating in an unconventional and aromatic blend of formats, Hayden traces the nuances of her complicated relationship to food. Anecdotal comics alternate with wryly ironic “recipes,” peppered with oven fires, explosions, prayers, and incantations. Along the way, all the salty judgments and bitter frustrations just might caramelize into some real wisdom and self-acceptance. In any case, it’s all hand-painted in mouth-watering color as a tribute to Hayden’s love of cookbooks…or at least of the illustrations inside them.

Confessions of a Cartoonist Cook

Where There's Smoke, There's Dinner

Underwire

After a painful adolescence, Annie Kessler finds herself in an abusive marriage, that nearly takes her life. When her husband is sent to prison for good, she is finally able to start over. She finds a new job, new city - a new life. But quickly, she realizes her sense of security is false. Women around the state are being murdered at a very alarming rate. FBI Agent Shane McCann shows up on Annie's doorstep with a startling link to her past; the murders are tied to Annie's father, nefarious serial killer, Leon "Alligator" Graves, who has been sitting on Washington State's death row, for the past twenty-three years. According to McCann and the FBI, Leon Graves knows who is murdering these women but he refuses to talk until his last wish is granted; he wants to see his daughter. The clincher is that Leon is scheduled to hang in ten days. Suddenly, Annie finds her life unraveling yet again. Someone begins stalking her. Terror becomes her constant companion, as she is thrust into the center of a madman's sick and violent game, against her will. With only McCann at her back, she is forced to face the past she has spent her life running from, and the father she swore she would never lay eyes on again.

Sweet Revenge

When Jennifer Hayden was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43, she realized that her tits told a story. Across a lifetime, they'd held so many meanings: hope and fear, pride and embarrassment, life and death. And then they were gone. Now, th

When Jennifer Hayden was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 43, she realized that her tits told a story. Across a lifetime, they'd held so many meanings: hope and fear, pride and embarrassment, life and death. And then they were gone. Now, their story has become a way of understanding her story. Growing up flat-chested and highly aware of her inadequaciesƒ heading off to college, where she ''bloomed'' in more ways than oneƒ navigating adulthood between her mother's mastectomy, her father's mistress, and her musician boyfriend's problems of his own-- not to mention his sprawling family. Then the kids come alongƒ As cancer strikes three different lives, some relationships crumble while others emerge even stronger, and this sarcastic child of the ï70s finally finds a goddess she can believe in. For everyone who's faced cancer personally, or watched a loved one fight that battle, Hayden's story is a much-needed breath of fresh air, an irresistible blend of sweetness and skepticism. Rich with both symbolism & humor, The Story of My Tits will leave you laughing, weeping, and feeling grateful for every day.

Jennifer Hayden se dio cuenta de que sus pechos podían explicar la historia de su vida cuando le diagnosticaron un cáncer de mama a los cuarenta y tres años. Y así lo reflejó en esta novela gráfica, en la que narra con ingenio, sarcasmo y un sentido del humor hilarante su vida y su historia de superación. Primero fueron los pequeños protagonistas de una adolescencia acomplejada; más tarde el centro de sus primeras relaciones amorosas; después tuvieron un papel enorme durante la maternidad. Hasta que de golpe comenzaron a representar sentimientos diversos y encontrados, desde la esperanza y el temor, al orgullo y la vergüenza. La historia de mis tetas llega como una bocanada de aire fresco, con su irresistible mezcla de candor y escepticismo. Esta novela gráfica, carga de simbolismo y humor, hará que lectoras y lectores rían, lloren y se sientan agradecidos por lo que nos depara el día a día. Reseña: «Todas y cada una de las páginas exudan vitalidad. Mantienen al cáncer a raya y no se le permite que robe un ápice de protagonismo a la alegría, la esperanza y el buen humor.» NPR

La historia de mis tetas

La storia delle mie tette

Detective Rome Rosetti has been on the police force in the city of Seattle, Washington for the better part of seven years. During that time, he's seen the worst that society has to offer. One night, he's called to a particularly grizzly crime scene. A well-respected plastic surgeon has been shot to death in his office, his face brutally slashed. Rome quickly zeroes in on the doctor's supposed mistress, bartender Lola Bristol. Lola has a story to tell, but it's not what Rome expects. As the case goes cold, things between Rome and Lola heat up. But soon there's another murder. Lola becomes a suspect a second time. Is she a vicious killer?-or will she become victim number three?

Dangerous Lies

When Maisy Randall's childhood friend was murdered and her beloved brother was arrested for the crime, Maisy's ten-year-old world exploded around her. She has been running from her past ever since. For two decades, she has pushed the bad memories from her mind and struggled to make a life for herself hundreds of miles away from the town of Rocky Point, Washington. When her grandmother dies, Maisy is forced to go home-back to a house where the nightmares all started. Back to a house where evil still lurks and unrest still lingers. Soon Maisy is tossed back in time. Nothing is what it seems. Someone or something is trying to communicate with her. With the help of local firefighter, Cade Rowe, Maisy chooses not to run from the truth this time. As secrets long buried begin to surface, a wave of terror washes over the entire town. Evil spreads. Hideaway Hall is wide awake and it's only a matter of time before everyone who touches it realizes the power of those trapped inside.

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