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A dynamic and devastating memoir about the cycle of trauma caused by addiction within one family
From a child's-eye view, Travis Dandro recounts growing up with a drug-addicted birth father, alcoholic step-dad, and overwhelmed mother. As a kid, Dandro would temper the everyday tension with flights of fancy, finding refuge in toys and animals and insects rather than in the unpredictable adults around him. He perceptively details the effects of poverty and addiction on a family while maintaining a child's innocence for as long as he can. King of King Court spans from Travis's early childhood through his teen years, focusing not only on the obviously abusive actions but also on the daily slights and snubs that further strain relations between him and his parents. Alongside his birth father committing crimes and shooting up, King of King Court lingers on scenes of him criticizing Travis and his siblings. Dandro gives equal heft to these anecdotes, emphasizing how damaging even relatively slight traumas can be to a child's worldview. As Travis matures into young adulthood and begins to understand the forces shaping his father's toxic behaviors, the story becomes even more nuanced. Travis is empathetic to his father's own tragic history but unable to escape the cycle of misconduct and reprisals. King of King Court is a revelatory autobiography that examines trauma, addiction, and familial relations in a unique and sensitive way.Author: Travis Dandro
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Published: 08/06/2019
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.25lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781770463592
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/13/2019
Library Journal 08/30/2019 pg. 1
Booklist 09/15/2019 pg. 41
School Library Journal 10/18/2019 pg. 1
About the Author
Travis Dandro was born in 1974 in Leicester, Massachusetts. He started publishing his first comic strip, Twerp, in the local newspaper when he was thirteen, earning $15 a week. After graduating from Montserrat College of Art in 1996, he continued drawing comics, his work appearing in dozens of college newspapers across the United States and Canada. He also self-published Journal, which was cited as a notable comic in the 2010 and 2012 editions of The Best American Comics. King of King Court is his first graphic novel. Dandro lives in Maine with his wife and three sons
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