false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256134923m/3039451.jpg 3039451 1 <P>After graduating from college and spending a magical year abroad writing our best-selling A Year in Japan, Kate T. Williamson felt ready for anything. But, like many a post-graduate, she needed some time to figure out just what that anything was. Her parents house in Pennsylvania seemed like the perfect place for a brief layover, but twenty-three-months later, Williamson was still contemplating the past and the future, while explaining to curious neighbors that at present her life was "at a crossroads." <BR> <BR>At a Crossroads is a unique graphic memoir about the common, yet little-discussed "boomerang years." With sharp wit and expressive watercolors, Williamson illustrates the joys, disappointments, comforts, and embarrassments of life back home with mom and dad. Highlights and low points include celebrating her twenty-fourth birthday at a Hall & Oates concert with her mother; noticing the train sounds from her bedroom for the first time; battling an infestation of squirrels; discovering that the ballet class she has signed up for is actually for children, and attending anyway; getting mail from her college crush, who has developed an interest in taxidermy; wearing a chain mail belt of her own creation to her cousins Renaissance wedding. Moving from season to season, Williamson uses her delightful illustrations and vivid descriptions to discover the beauty and truth inside every hilarious episode. At a Crossroads is a book for young and old alike, or for anyone contemplating the little things worth noting in the times of our lives we often erase from our histories.<BR></P> 3070075 book 1 5 2008 At a Crossroads: Between a Rock and My Parents' Place total:89|5:17|4:27|3:33|2:10|1:2| 89 314 129 29 2 0 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 18:44:37 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 15:02:55 -0800 2008 A Year in Japan) and remained “at a crossroads” for a little over a year while she lived with her parents and planned what to do next. It’s a weird place to be – back in one’s old room, among people who knew you when (and not ju...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Aug 04 13:47:31 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 13:51:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 11:59:58 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 09:54:25 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Wed Jul 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 14 09:57:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 07:16:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 13:47:57 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 13:57:23 -0700 2009 1
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