A tour de force...brilliant beyond belief.

I’m not sure why it has taken so long to appear in English, but its timing couldn’t be better, for this is a book that reminds us that refugees once came from inside Europe as well as outside – and from the country in which many of us now sun ourselves every summer, to boot. It’s chastening, then, as well as moving.

A 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.

Hannah Berry’s stunning artwork is painstakingly meticulous and her narratives are always thought-provoking and playful.

Honest, poignant and ridiculously silly in all the best ways and I'm better for having read it. Plus, doggies!

One of the funniest sites on the Internet

Hilarious and poignant and brilliantly illustrated. Check it out. The whole blog is inspired.”

“Once I started reading Hyperbole and a Half, I found myself unable to stop—except to laugh uproariously.

“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.”

One of 2013’s biggest publishing successes … Quirky and captivating

Very funny, occasionally incredibly insightful (when [Brosh] chooses to be in that mood), and a brilliant dip-in-and-dip-out-of book

Brosh'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

Hilarious… I love the intersection of things that are as dark as they can be and as funny

It’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

Brosh fills her comics with heart, boldly tackling subjects as different as dog-ownership and depression

A playful yet wise graphic novel.

The storyline is exciting and well thought out to give a wide overview of the suffrage movement. I was very pleasantly surprised.

A seamless blend of historical fact and fiction ... The illustrations are full of energy and expression.