The Girl Who Flew Away
Writer: Lee Dean
Artist: Lee Dean
Set in Key West in the mid-1970s, the story picks up when teenage Greer Johnson is sent away by her boss to cover up their illicit affair. Greer’s pregnancy seems to her like a minor speedbump in their love story, and learning the truth is only the first of many things she’ll have to deal with when she arrives. Living in a boarding house surrounded by natural beauty, some bizarre personalities, and an increasing amount of pressure to sort her life out by the mistress of the house, Greer is suddenly alone despite the buzzing social activity around her. Lost in her thoughts, she dips into a fantasy world that takes the shape of a children’s book, inspired by vivid dreams and dredged up memories.
The resulting work is full of heartache and yearning, hitting you in the long languid spaces between scenes that Dean allows, as we take in the feelings right along with Greer. And it looks like nothing you’ve seen before in comics, a mix of Greer’s 1920s-esque imagination and the soft greens and earthtones of the 1970s, overflowing with detail, expression, and quiet open space. It’s a satisfying chunk of a coffee table book that readers will go back to again and again to revisit moments in a new light.
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