“I collect all the doilies and I write in the middle of my drawings. The ones I made on my placemat and my dad’s. It’s like a new kind of diary, in odorama”, confides Gaspard, budding artist and narrator of lunch with dad, who, every Sunday morning, expresses between stains of coffee and peanut butter his simple joys, his little torments and the great misfortunes he witnesses. Fruit of the collaboration between the prolific Simon Boulerice (The Hug Strike) and illustrator Anne-Julie Dudemaine, a newcomer to the field of children’s books, this irresistible graphic novel tackles with delicacy and a clever mix of humor, fantasy and seriousness various themes, including homoparenthood, separation, grief and resilience. On each old-fashioned page, the naïve drawings in soft colors and vibrant lines of the illustrator harmonize perfectly with the lively and tender pen of the novelist.
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