Wash Day Diaries
Jamila Rowser
Graphic Novel / Contemporary Fiction
Wash Day Diaries
by Jamila Rowser
—· 195 p· 2022
Alex AwardLos Angeles Times Book Prizehopefullighthearted
Overview
About
A 2023 Alex Award Winner A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to the beauty and endurance of Black women, their friendships, and their hair. Wash Day Diaries tells the story of four best friends—Kim, Tanisha, Davene, and Cookie—through five connected short story comics that follow these young women through the ups and downs of their daily lives in the Bronx. The book takes its title from the wash day…
Pages
195
Chronicle Books LLC
Linguistic complexity
2/5
Straightforward
Thematic complexity
3/5
Layered
Rating
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Reader feel
Character Intimacy10
Slice Of Life Authenticity10
Emotional depth9
Narration8
Pacing8
Prose7
Worldbuilding3
Plot twists2
My journey
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