At 49, cartoonist Marian Henley hasn't committed to marrying the man with whom she has been dating for seven years. But as the Big 5-0 looms, she realizes that above all else she wants a child. Her story follows the heartbreaking ups and downs of going through the international adoption process; deciding when it's time to grow up and maybe even get married; and in the end, it's the story of a daughter's relationship with her father, and how becoming a mother finally led her to understand him. THE SHINIEST JEWEL is a touching narrative, accompanied by Marian's winsome drawings, that beautifully weaves together her realizations about the joy, and sometimes heartbreak, of building a family.

The Shiniest Jewel: A Family Love Story

Henley, Marian

Arts & Photography

Springboard Press

Maxine (the one with the dark glasses) and her experiences with men and life all in comic strip format

Maxine

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic Strips

Plume

PUCKER UP! is a wry, irreverent, and poignant book on aging well. It's lavishly illustrated and lightly organized.

Pucker Up!: The Subversive Woman's Guide to Aging With Wit, Wine, Drama, Humor, Perspective and the Occasional Good Cry

Humor & Entertainment

Pennebaker, Ruth

Humor

Ruth Pennebaker

Marian Henley's beautifully illustrated memoir tells an emotionally resonant story about the wonder and redemption of raising a son after surviving extreme male violence.&nbsp;&nbsp; This poignant graphic memoir describes the most difficult conversation between a mother and her son -- the one about the two rapes she experienced as a young woman. It's something she always knew she would share with her son, but the process of doing so is harder --&nbsp;and more freeing --&nbsp;than she could have imagined. This difficult but beautiful story chronicles how she overcame trauma and violence to find love and healing as a mother. Drawing on her decades as a professional cartoonist, Henley's elegant black ink illustrations, trademark humor, and witty writing style shine through even in the darkest moments and tell a story of survivorship, parenting, and hope.

Finding the Light: A Mother's Journey from Trauma to Healing

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Laughing Gas is a collection of Marian Henley's Maxine!, a weekly comic strip in syndication since 1981. Maxine is a ponytailed pundit who, as one editor observed, "always has her mouth open." Maxine offers an opinion on everything that matters most: love, religion, politics, philosophy, and of course, bad hair.

Laughing Gas: The Best of Maxine

Children's Books

Taylor Trade Publishing

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