Author:Sarah Lippett
Sometimes, the simplest stories are the best... This is a lovely, tender book... Stan and Nan are all of our grandparents, their stability and infinite kindness much mourned as our ever-changing worlds spin frantically on.'
Rachel Cooke, Observer
My nan wrote me many letters back in 2011. They were about the love of her life, my grandad, Stanley Burndred. I’ve never met him, he died long before I was born, but his drawings, paintings and ceramics have been in my life for as long as I can remember. Every wall of Nan’s house would be decorated by his artworks and every windowsill bore his ceramic creations. Whenever we visited Nan in the Black Country I would study the ornaments and pictures, wondering who had made them. It wasn’t until I wrote to Nan many years later, receiving in return beautiful handwritten letters detailing his life, that it became apparent that the work was his.
The letters were so beautiful I felt my nan’s story had to be told. Stan and Nan is the story of an ordinary couple and the people who loved them. The narrative follows their lives from Stan’s working-class background, to his premature death, through to Nan’s struggle to cope, and the perils of ageing. It is a memoir about the importance of family, and about death, love, living and human connection.
Lippett serves up a little slice of social history, and it’s this that makes her book so rich and touching… This is a lovely, tender book… Her story brims with love.
—— Rachel Cooke , ObserverBoth an intricate piece of superbly executed and charming illustration work and an exploration of ideas around shared memory and storytelling.
—— Emily Gosling , It's Nice ThatA tale of grandparents and northern families that made me weep for all the right reasons… I bloody loved Stan and Nan. It made me smile, it made me cry (happy and sad tears), it made me think and remember. It just did all those wonderful things that the best books can... So if you can get your mitts on it, it is a real joy to spend your time with, I will be reading it again and again.
—— Simon Savidge , Savidge ReadsHannah Berry’s stunning artwork is painstakingly meticulous and her narratives are always thought-provoking and playful.
—— Cath Tate and Nicola Street , iHonest, poignant and ridiculously silly in all the best ways and I'm better for having read it. Plus, doggies!
—— Jenny Lawson, The BloggessOne of the funniest sites on the Internet
—— salon.comHilarious and poignant and brilliantly illustrated. Check it out. The whole blog is inspired.”
—— Daily Dish“Once I started reading Hyperbole and a Half, I found myself unable to stop—except to laugh uproariously.
—— boingboing.com“Here’s a rough analogy: David Sedaris sets out to write a graphic memoir, but decides to use the MS Paint application on his computer rather than hire an artist. . . . [Brosh’s] naïve art plays brilliantly against dark comic themes.”
—— True/SlantOne of 2013’s biggest publishing successes … Quirky and captivating
—— ObserverVery funny, occasionally incredibly insightful (when [Brosh] chooses to be in that mood), and a brilliant dip-in-and-dip-out-of book
—— Stuck in a BookBrosh's naive but surprisingly affecting illustrations have gained her blog, Hyperbole and a Half, a cult following... I defy anyone who has suffered from depression not to cry at her stark account of suffering from the illness
—— Sharon Wheeler , Times Higher EducationHilarious… I love the intersection of things that are as dark as they can be and as funny
—— Elizabeth McCracken , Boston Globe SundayIt’s impossible not to warm to cartoonist and blogger Allie. If she doesn’t get to you with her funny childhood anecdotes (eating an entire birthday cake) then her honest reflections on depression will
—— GraziaBrosh fills her comics with heart, boldly tackling subjects as different as dog-ownership and depression
—— Guardian, *Top 10 Funny Comic Books*A playful yet wise graphic novel.
—— Paul Gravett , ArtReviewThe storyline is exciting and well thought out to give a wide overview of the suffrage movement. I was very pleasantly surprised.
—— Lattice , GuardianA seamless blend of historical fact and fiction ... The illustrations are full of energy and expression.
—— Jacqui Agate , Independent
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