Some comics you read and forget. Others, you read and remember for years to come. And some you can’t really say you “read”. Rather, you experience them. They’re less a piece of literature than they are a capturing of a time and a place that you recognize. These stories pour over you like warm rain, a memory you may not have realized was as potent as it clearly is now.
Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki’s This One Summer falls squarely in the third category. It is a poignant, quiet, and immensely emotional tour-de-force of a comic, a perfect snapshot of the strange purgatory that lies between childhood and adulthood. This One Summer is the story of two young girls, protagonist Rose and her close friend Windy. Rose and Windy always cross paths on an annual vacation their families take to Awago Beach. This year is no different…only it is. Rose and Windy are caught in two trying situations, neither of which they are old enough to fully comprehend or do anything to change. Nonetheless, they are forced to bear witness to these events. Through experiencing them, they begin to grow up and realize who they are as they venture into the strange new world that is teenage years.
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