Cartoonist Tessa Brunton’s New YA Graphic Memoir Notes from a Sickbed Portrays Chronic Illness with Honesty and Humor
In 2009, Tessa Brunton experienced the first symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome).
- In 2009, Tessa Brunton experienced the first symptoms of myalgic encephalomyelitis (also known as chronic fatigue syndrome).
- She spent much of the next eight years unwell, in a medical holding pattern, housebound and often alone.
- Notes from a Sickbed combines the popular genres of memoir and medicine within the comic format.
- Memorable and engaging, this new release draws readers of all backgrounds into Bruntons story with sincerity, a pointed wit, and a lively visual imagination.