True Story, Swear To God: This One Goes To Eleven (True Story, Swear to God (Graphic Novels)) [Paperback]

Tom Beland (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Series: True Story, Swear to God (Graphic Novels) | Publication Date: June 7, 2005

A relationship is tough enough when there's three thousand miles separating two lovebirds. Toss in a category 5 hurricane named Georges and you've got some real problems. How do you pack up your life, say goodbye to everything you hold dear, and take a leap of faith based on what your heart tells you? Find out. Live. Laugh. Love.

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When Hurricane Georges struck in September 1998, Beland and his girlfriend, Lily, seemed to be living at opposite ends of the earth, he in California's Napa Valley, she in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Worried to distraction, he called her frequently, and she faithfully reassured him about her safety in her fourth-floor apartment, above the flooding that was the storm's biggest danger. The experience made them realize that they needed to be together, and any lingering doubts were dispelled when Lily's flight to California soon afterward was delayed a day by bad weather in Texas. Beland decided to move to Puerto Rico. His graphic-novel account of this dramatic turning point in his life ends with him on an airport-bound bus. His funny-pages drawing style, reminiscent of the boldly curvy, speedy lines of Hank Ketcham's Dennis the Menace, maintains a positive tone even when the action is at its most emotionally moving, in the scenes of Beland's leave-taking from his lifelong home, family, and friends. How profound unsensational, everyday lives can be when chronicled with such candor and affection. Ray Olson
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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: AiT/PlanetLar (June 7, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932051341
• ISBN-13: 978-1932051346
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,694,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just as good as the first volume!, August 16, 2005

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This review is from: True Story, Swear To God: This One Goes To Eleven (True Story, Swear to God (Graphic Novels)) (Paperback)

True Story Swear To God Volume 2, This One Goes To 11 is as good as the first volume. Very well written and drawn. Explores his and her feelings on how they feel if they decide to move in together. Who is going to move? Him or her? At the end, one of them decides to move...then the story stops there. There definitely is going to be volume 3, I hope!! I will be looking forwards to volume 3, where he tells what happened after they lived together...