Gemma Correll: Anxietyland

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Cartoonist, writer, and illustrator Gemma Correll comes to First Light to talk about Anxietyland, her humorous and poignant graphic memoir about her lifelong experience with severe anxiety. Doors at 6PM · Talk at 6:30PM · Signing to follow · Friday, October 23 · First Light Books At 6:30PM Gemma takes the stage to talk about Anxietyland and share images and behind-the-scenes materials from the book, followed by audience Q&A and a book signing. A national bestseller and Molly Ringwald's inaugural book club pick, Anxietyland has been featured in The New Yorker and on NPR. Publishers Weekly called it "one of the funniest and warmest mental health memoirs to come along in a while," and Eisner Award winner Craig Thompson said, "Gemma sweeps playfulness and humor into the darkest and most anxious of corners." Free RSVP helps us plan, and a purchase of the book gets you a reserved seat. ANXIETYLAND In the tradition of Allie Brosh and Roz Chast, award-winning popular cartoonist, writer, and illustrator Gemma Correll's humorous and poignant graphic memoir about her lifelong struggle with severe anxiety. In 2018, award-winning cartoonist, writer, and illustrator Gemma Correll had a panic attack that lasted for weeks on end. Unable to do much more than walk aimlessly through the streets of Berkeley, Correll admitted herself to the hospital to reckon with The Bad Feeling that had been her companion since she was a child. In ANXIETYLAND, Correll's ingenious and charming illustrations lead readers through the amusement park in her own mind—featuring severe anxiety, depression, agoraphobia, and dissociation—a frightening and darkly funny world that "feels like a place apart from 'real' life." A hilarious thrill ride exploring the mysteries of the mind-body connection, Gemma Correll's graphic memoir is shot through with the absurd knowledge that there is no linear way through ANXIETYLAND, nor any cure-alls—but there are ways to feel better if you keep trying to move forward. "Equ

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First Light Books

4300 Speedway, Austin, TX

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