by Gabrielle Bell

“Gabrielle Bell’s pen becomes a kind of laser, first illuminating the surface distractions of the world, then scorching them away to reveal a deeper reality that is almost too painful and too beautiful to bear.” Alison Bechdel,Fun HomeandAre You My Mother

In Gabrielle Bells much anticipated graphic memoir,EVERYTHING IS FLAMMABLE, she returns from New York to her childhood town in rural Northern California after her mothers home is destroyed by a fire. Acknowledging her issues with anxiety, financial hardships, memories of a semi-feral childhood, and a tenuous relationship with her mother, Bell helps her mother put together a new home on top of the ashes. A powerful, sometimes uncomfortable, examination of a mother-daughter relationship and ones connection to place and sense of self. Spanning a single year,Everything is Flammableunfolds with humor and brutal honesty. Bells sharp, digressive style is inimitable