Fragments of Femininity -

Olivier Pont, Laurence Croix

Europe Comics

2017

118 páginas

3h 56m

ISBN-10: B01N12ASIU

This is a collection of portraits of 7 women, of all different ages, backgrounds, circumstances and eras. Each one of them is facing a defining moment in her life. They are bound together by the symbol of their femininity: their breasts. We see an awkward college girl getting to grips with her womanhood; a 1960s house-wife freeing herself from the restraints of propriety; the manager of a small underwear shop fighting against corporate giants; a woman nude modeling for an unexpected reason... Love, illness, sex, liberation, sensuality: Olivier Pont draws us into the lives of these women with astounding force.

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A disappointment

I think my disappointment with this book is related to the high expectation I had about it.

The graphic novel is about seven women and each of theirs stories is told individually. The representation here is great: there is an african and a fat old woman. But I really had a hard time connecting to them.

The only one I cared about was Sylvia - the fat and old one. I could read an entire book about her story.

About the rest of them: I couldn't relate and in the first chapters I didn't even understand.