Glass Town - by Isabel Greenberg (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The entrancing story of the Brontèe sisters' childhood imaginary world. Four children: Charlotte, Branwell, Emily and Anne have invented a world so real and vivid that they can step right into it. But can reality be enough, when fiction is so enticing? And what happens to an imaginary world when its creators grow up? Plots are spiraling, characters are getting wildly out of hand, and a great deal of ink is being spilt... Welcome to Glass Town"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>NPR Best Book of 2020 <p/> A graphic novel about the Bront</b><b>ë siblings, and the strange and marvelous imaginary worlds they invented during their childhood</b> <p/><i>Glass Town</i> is an original graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg that encompasses the eccentric childhoods of the four Brontë children--Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne. The story begins in 1825, with the deaths of Maria and Elizabeth, the eldest siblings. It is in response to this loss that the four remaining Bront. children set pen to paper and created the fictional world that became known as Glass Town. This world and its cast of characters would come to be the Brontës' escape from the realities of their lives. Within Glass Town the siblings experienced love, friendship, war, triumph, and heartbreak. Through a combination of quotes from the stories originally penned by the Brontës, biographical information about them, and Greenberg's vivid comic book illustrations, readers will find themselves enraptured by this fascinating imaginary world. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Her drawings are harsh and deliberately untidy, channeling the frantic, awkward passion of a precocious child. Sometimes they seem poised to burst forth from the page, defying physics in tribute to the seething spirits that gave us <i>Jane Eyre</i> and <i>Wuthering</i><i> </i><i>Heights</i>."--Etelka Lehoczky "book critic"<br><br>"Drawn with a cheery and expansive sweep that belies its sometimes somber subject, "Glass Town" is a testament to the (usually) redemptive powers of imagination."-- "The Minneapolis Star-Tribune"<br><br>"Greenberg pulls <i>Glass Town</i> and its characters directly from the Brontës' juvenilia, giving readers a look into the early creativity of an iconic literary family with a playful visual style that captures the Brontës' enthusiasm as they discover what fiction can do."-- "The A.V. Club"<br><br>"Engrossing for both adults and teens attracted to alt-history fantasy or the Bronte]s."-- "Library Journal - STARRED review"<br><br>"Greenberg breathes life into the Brontës' unpublished early writings...Those who appreciate historical fiction and classic literature will be engrossed by this reimagining of the childhoods of these literary luminaries."-- "School Library Journal"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Isabel Greenberg</b> is a London-based illustrator and writer. Her two previous graphic novels, <i>The Encyclopedia of Early Earth </i>and <i>The One Hundred Nights of Hero</i>, are both <i>New York Times</i> bestsellers. <br>
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