She was a student from a close-knit family in Belgium. He was a political refugee from Togo. They met and fell in love. And then the trouble started… This is a modern fable of passion and prejudice, love and justice. It is also a true story.
Nominated for the prestigious Angoulême Festival Grand Prix, Judith Vanistendael creates comics 'about life as it really is'. A beautiful, unexpected story, told from the heart, which reaches far beyond the love story that originally inspired it.
"Quietly beautiful, it's a book about politics. But it's also a book about family and a book about love. A love letter in book form, if you like. And something to love." – The Glasgow Herald
"A refreshing counterpoint to the hot air that gusts up whenever immigration is mentioned" – The Guardian
