{"product_id":"loved-and-lost-a-relationship-trilogy-isbn-9781603095068","title":"Loved and Lost: A Relationship Trilogy","description":"\u003cb\u003eA pioneer of 21st-century graphic memoir, Jeffrey Brown captures timeless insights into love, intimacy, and vulnerability in three unforgettable relationship portraits.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty years ago, young painter Jeffrey Brown grew frustrated with the expectations of the art world and wanted desperately to make something real. In a single sketchbook, working directly in ink, he began recording his memories of a recent long-distance relationship, matching the emotional frailty of the young lovers with painfully honest writing and art.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs that book, \u003ci\u003eClumsy\u003c\/i\u003e, struck a chord with readers and spawned the follow-ups \u003ci\u003eUnlikely\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAny Easy Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e, Brown’s work proved a watershed for the emerging form of the graphic memoir. Chronicling the awkward mess of romantic relationships in unsparing and explicit detail, these works also reflect the fragmentary nature of memory, the risk of opening ourselves to pain, and the giggly rush of falling in love.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNow collected into one volume for the first time, this \u003ci\u003eRelationship Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e is a bittersweet reminder of the everyday joy, heartbreak, and humor that — despite everything— keep us coming back for more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCollects \u003ci\u003eClumsy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnlikely\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAEIOU or Any Easy Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003ePraise for the \"Relationship Trilogy\" of Jeffrey Brown:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An extremely impressive debut, full of all the things that make a story good — doomed relationships, embarrassing personal details, and the insatiable need to put it all down on paper.\" — \u003cb\u003eChris Ware, author of \u003ci\u003eJimmy Corrigan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRusty Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You can open to any page and find something unusually bare and honest about these stories. They're surprising, even though half the moments in the book are ones you've probably experienced yourself. Hard trick to pull off.\" — \u003cb\u003eIra Glass, host of \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mr. Brown seems to understand perfectly the day-to-day rhythms of the modern 'young adult' relationship... pretty much impossible to put down.\" — \u003cb\u003eDaniel Clowes, creator of \u003ci\u003eGhost World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDavid Boring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An unmediated, raw and immediate account, [which] rings so very, very true that I cannot imagine it not speaking, directly and movingly, to anyone who has ever loved and lost.\" — \u003cb\u003eNeel Mukherjee, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jeffrey Brown’s work is charming and fantastic.\" — \u003cb\u003eWhitney Matheson, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Funny, sad, and a little embarrassing, Jeff Brown... delivers the look at real life that other forms of 'reality' entertainment falsely promise.\" — \u003cb\u003eAndrew Arnold, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A million little brilliant and honest moments are sewn into the rough panels.\" — \u003cb\u003eWil Moss, \u003ci\u003eNewCity Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jeffrey Brown's work is not precious, broken-heart type stuff, but instead renders the terrific blanches and indelible happiness one can inflict upon another.\" — \u003cb\u003eJennifer Przybylski, \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brown is a consummate storyteller, with a mixture of believable dialogue that carries both wistful romance and casual cruelty blending with simple artwork that conveys a wide variety of emotions and actions.\" — \u003cb\u003eRandy Lander, \u003ci\u003eThe Fourth Rail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBefore he became known for his bestselling \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e books such as \u003ci\u003eDarth Vader and Son\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJedi Academy\u003c\/i\u003e, Ignatz and Eisner award-winning cartoonist \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Brown\u003c\/b\u003e focused on intimate autobiographical portrayals of everyday life and young love. Brown grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan with dreams of drawing comics, but left his hometown in 2000 to pursue his MFA at the School of the Art Institute. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two sons.","brand":"Top Shelf Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300456419557,"sku":"NP9781603095068","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781603095068.jpg?v=1767731918","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/loved-and-lost-a-relationship-trilogy-isbn-9781603095068","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}