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Through a fragmented narrative, Brown's autobiographical love story is told through a series of chronologically disparate scenes, ranging from personal, seemingly insignificant personal moments, to turning points of first rank consequence. Drawn in frail, uncertain lines, both the writing and imagery convey a story human and emotional, delicate and anxious, wrenchingly taking us through the steps of a relationship, no matter how small, like a brokenhearted friend would: assembling the pieces through memory and stringing them together by feeling and spontaneousness, to make us understand just how deep their memories have been cut.]]>