Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American Colleen AF Venable refuses to eat vegetables…throws books

refuses to eat vegetables…throws books in the library

Chronic illnesses are lifelong health issues that can make growing up different for kids who have them

What happens if their now sort-of-real friends discover that Eden hasn’t been honest with them from the very beginning

and respectful of the boundaries of others

Now her boyfriend doesn’t recognize her

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American Colleen AF Venable refuses to eat vegetables…throws booksMessy Roots is a laugh out loud, heartfelt, and deeply engaging story of their journey to find themself as an American, as the daughter of Chinese immigrants, as a queer person, and as a Wuhanese American in the middle of a pandemic.Malaka Gharib, author of I Was Their American Dream After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where her hometown is as foreign as Marsat