Everyone Walks Away
$24.30
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
1 February 2019
Summary
The Loneliness Jam
Frank is alone. Tilly, Paul, and Milan are together, laughing, while Frank’s tears fall into a pan. He adds sugar, stirs for hours, and transforms his sorrow into something new: a homemade jam, his very own recipe. Now, he will invite them for afternoon tea.
“The people are so small on the large spreads, the surroundings are diffuse, the colours melancholic. Even the objects are on their own. Leaves drop like tears. A gate, a fence, a cul-de-sac; all becom…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776571864 |
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| ISBN-10: | 177657186X |
| Author: | Eva Lindstrom |
| Publisher: | Gecko Press |
| Imprint: | Gecko Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 334g |
| Dimensions: | 258mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
“The book is eloquent yet playful with an emotionally charged message, and audiences will root for Frank as he takes a risk, sharing pieces of himself.”
– Foreword Reviews“A quiet story that will touch the reader. Everyone Walks Away is a real portrayal of friendships and belonging that deserves to be read aloud.”
– Booksellers New Zealand“There’s not a word, not a detail too many.”
– August Prize juryAbout The Author
Eva Lindstrom
Eva Lindström has written and illustrated many highly acclaimed picture books. She was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2022, and has been nominated once for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and eight times for the August award which she won in 2013. Lindström was born in 1952 and lives in Stockholm. She began her career as a comic artist and cartoonist, and has had a major influence on the new generation of comic book artists now emerging in Sweden.
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