Juliette or, the Ghosts Return in the Spring

"In this gem of a graphic novel, Juliette returns to her hometown from Paris to visit her family. There’s an understated, powerfully melancholic quality to the stories that unfold. Her older sister has been having an affair; her father is stuck in his lonely habits; and her eccentric mother is off with yet a new lover. Juliette meets a stranger living in the house they all once shared, who takes her mind off her hypochondriac worries. This book is worth reading for its gorgeous art alone, expressing a wide palette of feelings spread across members of this torn, but still loving, family."