French Milk

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When we first visited France more than 30 years ago it was difficult to find any fresh milk in the fridges in supermarkets, it’s much more widely available now. I enjoyed this graphic memoir and feel like it would be a good "starter book" for people just getting into graphic novels/memoirs.

Even worse is an incident on the plane home: Knisley and her mother were asked to stop watching a DVD without headphones because people were trying to sleep, and responded by having a conversation loud enough to be annoying. Williamson's book really is a collection of Japanese vignettes through the eyes of a young American but with more thoughtful prose.While I understand that this is a tumultuous time period in people’s lives (being that I am only in my late twenties), it is often hard to feel sympathy for Knisley because she just doesn’t seem to realise just how many great things are happening in her life. It's not as easy as it looks, and it's not about a 20-something girl who was moaning the whole way through. One gets a good look into Parisian life, but also in the internal journey of finding who one is and who one is not. Neighbouring Spain, Portugal and Belgium all have similar levels but the picture varies across Europe.

French Milk is an illustrated and photographic journal of a six week trip to Paris she took with her mother.I would have liked some actual exploration of their relationship (apparently the book's title is a reference to mother's milk, another empty affirmation), as well as some examination of her obvious privileges beyond blaming "feeling" like a spoiled brat on being an only child. I need things to be at least a bit reflective or have at least a bit of adventure to them - this was boring even though the drawing style was good. There wasn't really a plot to the story; this was the journal and sketch book of her day to day life. not a bad gig if you can get it, i guess, but i definitely failed to relate, which probably sucked some of the pleasure out of the book for me. Instead of her typical thin line work, Knisley uses brushes and ink in this piece, a method that I quite enjoy.