Babe In The Woods or The Art Of Getting Lost - a graphic novel by Julie Heffernan

 

Babe in the Woods, or the Art of Getting Lost, is Julie Heffernan’s first graphic novel, published by Algonquin Books.  In the book, a young artist named Julie, on a hike with her infant son, takes a wrong turn and finds herself on an extraordinary journey through her tangled past. It looks fabulous.

“One summer day, a young artist with a newborn—sleep-deprived, desperate to escape her hot, cramped apartment and her oblivious husband—sets off on a hike in the country with her baby boy, Sam, strapped to her front and her senses fully attuned to the colors, the sounds, and the flora and fauna in the woods around her. During her journey, Julie reflects on her childhood, her parents, her marriage, and her path to becoming a painter. Her memories soon merge with the imaginative pictorial worlds she invents in her work, creating a glorious and perturbing narrative.”