Paperback, 304 pages
English language
Published Jan. 25, 2022 by Balzer + Bray.
After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Mars--at least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name.
In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter.
Insightful, original, and hilarious, toggling seamlessly between past and present, China and America, Gao's debut is a tour de force of graphic storytelling.
nothing to say beside read it. beautiful. migrant life. blood family issues. home questioning. all kinds of identity journeys.
mate, i need to read more biopics. they're so good.
