It won't always be like this : a graphic memoir / Malaka Gharib.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gharib, Malaka, author, artist.

Contributor:

Leigh, Toby, colourist.

Ten Speed Press.

James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

Graphic Works Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

Gharib, Malaka--Comic books, strips, etc.

Gharib, Malaka.

Immigrants--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.

Immigrants.

Cartoonists--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.

Cartoonists.

Egyptian Americans--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.

Egyptian Americans.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Graphic novels.

Autobiographical comics.

Nonfiction comics.

Coming-of-age comics.

Domestic comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Biographies.

Physical Description:

222 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

It will not always be like this

Place of Publication:

California ; New York : Ten Speed Press, [2022]

Summary:

"An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country."-- Provided by publisher.

"It's hard enough to figure out boys, beauty, and being cool when you're young, but even harder when you're in a country where you don't understand the language, culture, or social norms. Malaka doesn't feel like she fits in when she visits her dad for her annual summer vacation abroad- she sticks out in Egypt and doesn't look anything like her fair-haired half siblings. But she adapts. She learns that Nirvana isn't as hip as pop queen Nancy Ajram, that the desert is most beautiful at dawn, and that her new stepmother, Hala, isn't so different from Malaka herself. It Won't Always Be Like This is a touching time capsule of Gharib's memories- each summer a fleeting moment in time- and a powerful reflection on identity, relationships, values, family, and what happens when it all collides."--Back cover

"An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father's new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country--from the award-winning author of I Was Their American Dream. It's hard enough to figure out boys, beauty, and being cool when you're young, but even harder when you're in a country where you don't understand the language, culture, or social norms. Nine-year-old Malaka Gharib arrives in Egypt for her annual summer vacation abroad and assumes it'll be just like every other vacation she's spent at her dad's place in Cairo. But her father shares news that changes everything: He has remarried. Over the next fifteen years, as she visits her father's growing family summer after summer, Malaka must reevaluate her place in his life. All that on top of maintaining her coolness! Malaka doesn't feel like she fits in when she visits her dad-she sticks out in Egypt and doesn't look anything like her fair-haired half siblings. But she adapts. She learns that Nirvana isn't as cool as Nancy Ajram, that there's nothing better than a Fanta and a melon-mint hookah, and that her new stepmother, Hala, isn't so different from Malaka herself. It Won't Always Be Like This is a touching time capsule of Gharib's childhood memories--each summer a fleeting moment in time--and a powerful reflection on identity, relationships, values, family, and what happens when it all collides."-- description from publisher's website. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/675534/it-wont-always-be-like-this-by-malaka-gharib

Credits:

Colorist: Toby Leigh.

Notes:

Chiefly illustrations.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James A. Crawford Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781984860293

1984860291

OCLC:

1345063270