Overview

Every week, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friend's daughter, Esther. She tells him about her life, about school, her friends, her hopes, dreams and fears, and then he works it up into a comic strip. This book consists of 52 of those strips, telling between them the story of a year in the life of this sharp, spirited and hilarious child. The result is a moving, insightful and utterly addictive glimpse into the real lives of children growing up in today's world.

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'Riad Sattouf is one of the great creators of our time' - Alain de Botton 'The portrait of an era, drawn with a smile' - L'Express 'Riad Sattouf sketches everyday life brilliantly, bringing out society's great problems through Esther's minor troubles' - Culturevnews 'Esther is a mini social phenomenon... It's a joy to fall back into our childhoods with her' - Elle

'Riad Sattouf is one of the great creators of our time' - Alain de Botton 'The portrait of an era, drawn with a smile' - L'Express 'Riad Sattouf sketches everyday life brilliantly, bringing out society's great problems through Esther's minor troubles' - Culturevnews 'Esther is a mini social phenomenon... It's a joy to fall back into our childhoods with her' - Elle

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Riad Sattouf is a bestselling cartoonist and filmmaker who grew up in Syria and Libya and now lives in Paris. His autobiographical series The Arab of the Future has sold more than a million copies in France alone, won multiple prizes and been translated into sixteen languages. The Esther's Notebooks series has also sold nearly 700,000 copies in France, been adapted for a popular animated TV series, and is being translated into 8 languages. Riad was recently selected to become a member of The Order of Arts and Letters, one of France's highest honours.

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