Poet and novelist Hiromi Goto effortlessly blends wry, observational slice-of-Life literary fiction with poetic magical realism in the tender and surprising graphic novel Shadow Life , with haunting art from debut artist Ann Xu.
She goes on the lam and finds a cozy bachelor apartme.
When Kumiko\'s well-meaning adult daughters place her in an assisted living home, the seventy-six-year-old widow gives it a try, but it\'s not where she wants to be.
Poet and novelist Hiromi Goto effortlessly blends wry, observational slice-of-Life literary fiction with poetic magical realism in the tender and surprising graphic novel Shadow Life , with haunting art from debut artist Ann Xu