Marzi

I stumbled upon Marzi: a memoir (written by Marzeba Sowa with art by Sylvain Savoia) in the YA section of the library. It had been too long since I'd read a graphic novel and this one looked interesting. It's the story of an ordinary girl growing up in Poland towards the end of communism in that country. It's a fantastic portrait of how communism effected the daily lives of families and shows the struggle for freedom from the perspective of a child. It reminded me of Persepolis, but in a different country, with a different struggle. Sowa does a great job of telling the story through the eyes of a child in a way that's humorous and sweet.