![]() ![]() Triumphs come, but not before she undergoes moments of humiliation that are both funny and cringeworthy ("Is that candy?" Vera asks her older tentmates about a pack of maxi-pads). ![]() Mean girls, stinking outhouses, and baffling camp traditions make her first weeks miserable. It doesn't take her long to realize that she's wished for the wrong thing. ![]() They all go to camp every summer, and when she finds out about a Russian Orthodox camp that her family's church will help pay for, she talks her mother into letting her go. Vera, Brosgol's nine-year-old self, is a wide-eyed Russian immigrant kid desperate to fit in with her suburban classmates. Without fantasy elements to distract, execution is crucial, and Brosgol delivers. Unlike her debut, Anya's Ghost, Eisner-winner Brosgol's second graphic work is a summer camp memoir set in the real world. ![]()
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