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An exhilarating and tender debut graphic novel that is an ode to the love and connection shared among three women and the child they all adore.

2022 Cartoonist Studio Prize WINNER

2022 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize WINNER

2022 Lambda Literary Award WINNER, LGBTQ Comics

2022 ALA Stonewall Award Honor Book

2021 National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree

Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray’s niece, six-year-old Nessie. Their playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in all three of their lives, which ping-pong between familial tensions and deep-seeded personal stumbling blocks. As their emotional intimacy erodes, Ray and Bron isolate from each other and attempt to repair their broken family ties ― Ray with her overworked, resentful single-mother sister and Bron with her religious teenage sister who doesn’t fully grasp the complexities of gender identity. Taking a leap of faith, each opens up and learns they have more in common with their siblings than they ever knew.

At turns joyful and heartbreaking, Stone Fruit reveals through intimately naturalistic dialog and blue-hued watercolor how painful it can be to truly become vulnerable to your loved ones ― and how fulfilling it is to be finally understood for who you are. Lee Lai is one of the most exciting new voices to break into the comics medium and she has created one of the truly sophisticated graphic novel debuts in recent memory.

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Stone Fruit, Lee Lai, Fantagraphics, LGBTQ+ graphic novels, contemporary women graphic novels

At turns joyful and heartbreaking, Stone Fruit reveals through intimately naturalistic dialog and blue-hued watercolor how painful it can be to truly become vulnerable to your loved ones ― and how fulfilling it is to be finally understood for who you are. Lee Lai is one of the most exciting new voices to break into the comics medium and she has created one of the truly sophisticated graphic novel debuts in recent memory. Available now from Fantagraphics.

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"Lee Lai's graphic novel debut is an elegantly illustrated and introspective marvel, a deeply moving story about the push and pull between family and selfhood. ... [A] book that will change the literary landscape in 2021."
― O The Oprah Magazine

"This graphic novel, Lee Lai’s first, is bittersweet and filled with authentic dialogue and realistic situations, including a lack of tidy resolutions. You can’t help but root for the characters."
― The New York Times

"Lai presents a tender and emotionally raw examination of three women struggling to form and maintain their identities within and outside of their immediate family, illustrated in a loosely expressive style that conveys both bombastic catharsis and silent anguish with aplomb."
― Library Journal (starred review)

"Athena-like, Lai bursts onto the graphic scene fully formed and utterly realized with this jaw-dropping debut. Raw, intricate, and impassioned, Lai’s resonating accomplishment proves astonishing."
― Booklist (starred review)

"Honest and emotional. ... It’s not often that a graphic novel debut heralds the emergence of a storytelling talent the way Lee Lai’s Stone Fruit does."
― Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A beautiful and evocative reflection on queer identity, relationships, vulnerability and acceptance of self and others."
― Ms. Magazine

"A shockingly relatable and beautifully illustrated insight into the sticky complications of contemporary relationships."
― Bitch Media

"The way Lai illustrates emotional truths that can be hard to say with words is stunning. The sheer humanness of this story took my breath away."
― Book Riot

"Lai tells her story with control and authority and it’s impossible not to admire the way she has made a dextrous narrative out of so much taciturnity and mossy sadness."
― The Guardian

"This quiet work of startling complexity is a remarkable contribution to the chorus of queer storytelling."
― Chicago Review of Books

"Lai poignantly illustrates the sometimes futile search for happiness and the grace in being open to the changes around us."
― NPR: Best Books of 2021

"Beautifully drawn and emotionally resonant."
― Vogue

"Stone Fruit is one of the best comics I’ve read this year, one that will linger the way Spinning or Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me did. It’s an incredible debut and leaves me hoping we see much more from Lee Lai."
― Multiversity Comics

"Stone Fruit explores the awkwardness of navigating mundane problems as a queer adult after the sparkle has faded from the rainbow."
― Women Write About Comics

About the Author

Lee Lai was born in 1993 in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia. Currently, Lai makes comics and illustrations in Tio'tia:ke (Montreal), Quebec. Her short story comics have been featured in The New Yorker, The Lifted Brow, Room Magazine, and Everyday Feminism.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fantagraphics (May 11, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 236 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1683964268
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1683964261
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1 x 9.9 inches

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- #195 in LGBTQ+ Graphic Novels (Books)
- #458 in Contemporary Women Graphic Novels (Books)
- #787 in Literary Graphic Novels (Books)

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Queer Breakups & Family

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2021

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Found this balm of a book while mourning a relationship. It is a very sweet story and I highly recommend it if you’re LGBTQ or love someone who is.

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Possible Wrong Audience?

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2023

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Let me start by saying I would call myself an advocate in the LGBTQ+, which this graphic novel highlights. The main theme here is how families bridge their issues accepting their queer family members. In the book, the two "aunties" play with another family member's young son. Obviously, they have lots of fun and the young boy doesn't understand or recognize the tension or gender/sexual identity differences, other than when he can't see his aunties. It's sweet to see that relationship and how much children just want to be loved.

My main reason for not absolutely enjoying this one was the play sessions as monsters and the tensions with the aunties, who also seemed to have issues outside of gender/sex identities. In some ways, I wondered if I missed something in the story and didn't get the nuance? The graphic novel was fine, and a much-needed topic to boot, but I think it might make more sense if I had more background information or less inference throughout? I think it might even work well for families experiencing tension around these issues?

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Unique, heartfelt graphic novel

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2021

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I started reading this some weeks ago, and my first impression was that it was hard to get into. The beginning of the book captures a sort of unique, primal mini-adventure that a queer couple has while caring for the niece of one of them. It's simultaneously charming and off-putting; the art style morphs the characters into sort of unsightly beasts and back, and it takes a little while to see how these adventures relate to the more grounded, interpersonal stories that appear as the book continues. When I finally picked it back up and powered through a few more pages, I was quickly caught up in what followed. As I write this, I'm about halfway through the book, but I will likely finish the remaining 115 pages in one sitting later today (assuming it is as engrossing as what came before).

The story follows Ray and Bron; their relationship sours due to unresolved personal issues, and their only moments of light seem to be the ones they spend together taking care of Ray's niece. Eventually, they go their separate ways, and the book focuses on Bron returning to stay with her conservative, religious family and Ray picking up the emotional pieces while continuing to care for her niece and work on her relationship with her single-mom sister. Since I haven't quite finished yet, that's all I'll say for the story. It's worth mentioning some of my take-aways so far about the characters and the art style.

1. The characters don't seem one dimensional at all. In a book centered on a couple that is part of the LGBTQ+ community (and that certainly accepts/affirms that identity), it would be easy for the conservative religious family of one of the characters to become villains. While I have more to read, so far I can say that Bron's family is approached with a sense of realism and complexity. They may hold views that are incompatible with Bron's identity, but they also seem interested in mending the relationship and finding commonality.

2. The art style is quite varied. Some of the panels are incredibly detailed and quite pretty, while others are a little rough looking. These seem to be stylistic choices on the part of the author, and once I got into the book, I started to find that it works in creating the desired tone. While I wouldn't say that the quality of the art is on par with some of my favorite graphic novels (by authors like Craig Thompson or Charles Burns, among others), it is mostly raw and effective, and occasionally aesthetically pleasing.

So, who is this for? Probably a number of different possible readers. If you're into graphic novels and want to read a significant work by a new talent, I'd recommend this. If you're a part of the LGBTQ+ community and are interested in literature that focuses on characters from that community, this is worth a look. It's worth mentioning that this is a very relatable, human story, so even if you're not a part of that community (as I am not), there's likely plenty that you'll find in common with the characters. I've certainly seen similarities to problems I've had in my own relationships in the moments of conflict between Ray and Bron. So, really, anyone for whom a unique, interpersonal drama in graphic novel form seems interesting should consider giving this a try.

***I write reviews as a hobby because I love trying out electronics, clothing, household products, kitchen devices, and more. My hope is that my review will guide you to make a more informed choice about whether or not to make a purchase. If this review helped you in your decision-making today, please let me know with a helpful vote. Have a great day!***

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A couple leaves off their relationship and each reconnects with family

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2021

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Stone Fruit is about relationships between a queer couple and their families. Somewhat about their relationship with one another, but more about them reconnecting with family. The couple, Ray and Bron, tends to enjoy spending time watching Ray's niece which they do two days a week while the mother works. Bron really enjoys it, and Ray likes seeing Bron happy. Then Bron moves back in with her very Christian family to reconnect and that either forces or makes space for Ray to reconnect with her sister. Most of the book is the couple apart from one another talking to family. The title, Stone Fruit, is a recurring theme with Ray describing Bron as soft and sweet but with a hard core, a flashback to Bron realizing Ray never ate a nectarine before and Ray being surprised to bite and hit the seed pod inside, and a few other references. It's kind of a book where nothing happens. Bron moves out, yes, but most of the book is the two main characters talking to their families.

The art style is similar to the cover. It's grayscale and muted. The girl on the cover has a face drawn like a Chinese dragon, and sometimes when the women babysit and play with the niece, they all are drawn that way during times when they imagine stories and play. When they are being adults, they are drawn more realistically like people. Something that threw me off until almost half way through the story is the characters' ages. The two main characters are drawn to look like they are 65 years old. Then when Bron moves back in with her family, we find that she left behind her 12 year old sister who is now 17 and that when she left she left home for the first time. I think she's supposed to be 22 years old and both main characters are in their 20s. But they are seriously drawn looking older middle aged or elderly.

While the couple is queer and that is a big deal for Bron and her family, most of the interactions aren't directly about that. They are more about being independent and life phases. The book really is about personality and character development.

I think it's a good book if you want something where people talk and it is more about personalities than action. That is done well. It would be easy to do it cheesy, but it's done well here. I got the book pretty much because I like stand alone comic books, but not necessarily because of the theme, and I still wanted to keep reading. It's a solid delivery and the personalities in the story unfold in a way that is engaging.

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