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My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

Kabi Nagata,

Jocelyne Allen (Translator)

Start date: September 15, 2019

Finish date: September 15, 2019

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Jan 07, 2019 Rebecca rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2019-read-harder, 2019-reading-women

Read Harder 2019: Book of Manga, Book Translated by a Woman, and Comic by a LGBTQIA Creator

Reading Women Challenge 2019: Book About a Woman with a Mental Illness

Wow. This small manga comic packs quite a punch. This book alone makes me glad I decided to double dip for my reading challenges this year because I’m certain otherwise I would not have known about and/or chosen this book. In no way is this graphic novel just a sexual awakening story, as the cover image might imply. Rather, I found the m ...more

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Oct 04, 2017 Ashley Holstrom rated it it was amazing

Shelves: print, nonfiction, memoir, mental-health, reviewed, author-of-color, queer, spicy, translated, sex-and-gender

Here’s the opposite of a relationship! Nagata Kabi is anxious and sort of reclusive, so she seeks out an escort agency to help get her out of her shell. The cover makes this look like a goofy comic, but it’s a really introspective memoir about working through her mental illnesses.

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Aug 23, 2017 Shelley rated it really liked it

Shelves: graphic-novel-comics, queer, 2017

Super honest, vulnerable look at maturing while dealing with depression, eating disorders, self-harm (only briefly), feeling stalled and stunted in life and crippling loneliness. The art is super cutesy, but the autobiographical story has real depth and heart. She really goes deep into her brain to explore why she reacts to things like she does, and how hard it is to come out the other side. Really well done.

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