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Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

Written and illustrated by Laura Gao
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Hardcover edition

Publisher HarperCollins Imprint Balzer + Bray ISBN

9780063067776

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

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CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS

Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism,Discrimination: Sexuality,Discrimination: Xenophobia,Language: Infrequent Use,Language: Strong Language,Sexual Content: Strong Sexual Content/Themes

An insightful and hilarious graphic memoir of a queer Chinese-American immigrant, from debut author-illustrator Laura Gao.



After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas where her hometown is as foreign as Mars — at least until 2020, when COVID-19 made Wuhan a household name.



In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as a girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter.



Toggling seamlessly between past and present, China and America, Gao’s debut is a tour de force of graphic storytelling.



Full-color illustrations. 
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