Heavenly Days

by Em Frank, Em Frank (Illustrator)

Overview

Annie and Elise meet at a coffee shop in a part of town they are watching change for the worst. Despite the fact that Annie is leaving for Vietnam in a week, they decide to honor their instant connection for what it is: a little unhinged, possibly doomed but full of a weirdly familiar and addictive beauty they can’t quite put their fingers on.

A mix between Ghost World, Normal People and Linklater's The Before Trilogy, Heavenly Days is a deeply emotional trans love story about how some love can feel so life-affirming yet seemingly so hard to live through.

Funny, and heartbreaking, Heavenly Days is a book that demands to not be read so much as felt.    

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781942801689
Publisher:	Floating World Comics
Publication date:	09/10/2024
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,058,974
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

Em (Emma Jon-Michael Frank) is the author of I Never Found You, Dark Garbage, Is This The Right Color and two collaborative books, Things To Do... with Tara Booth, and The Archway with Patrick Kyle. They live in the US. 

Editorial Reviews

09/02/2024

Is it possible to recapture the magic of falling in love? Debut author Frank puts this question at the forefront of this complex and twist-filled trans love story. Elise and Annie strike up a conversation at Cafe Chateau, bonding over how much they miss Magnolias, the spot it replaced (though to their relief, the cake hasn’t changed). Their instant connection and eagerly rambling dialogue leads them to meet up again the next day—and thus begins a giddy seven-day fling. To capture the energizing feeling of a new relationship and avoid the potential anxiety of a sustained partnership, Elise and Annie decide to be together for one week only. As the days go by and the two lovers express their deepest feelings to one another, their looming deadline becomes increasingly hard to bear, raising the question of whether they can commit to a new arrangement. Frank’s sketchy, fragmented lines reflect the fleeting nature of new love, offering only what’s essential in each panel. The plain typeset narration sits, sometimes squished, above the simple art, imbuing the proceedings with a DIY feel. The result is a quirky, ephemeral, and almost otherworldly romance. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly

Praise for Em's previous book, I Never Found You: 

"Highly enjoyable! From what I've learned this year, people are interested in crime and bird watching. They love em both. Fun for many." – Sally Madden, Thick Lines Podcast, The Comics Journal Best of 2023

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