We Are On Our Own HC (2006 Drawn and Quarterly) A Memoir by Miriam Katin comic books 2006

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1st printing. Story and art by Miriam Katin. Nominated for an Ignatz Award, this captivating and elegantly illustrated graphic memoir tells the story of Katin's and her Mother's escape on foot from the Nazi invasion of Budapest. With her father off fighting for the Hungarian army and the German troops quickly approaching, Katin and her mother are forced to flee to the countryside after faking their deaths. Leaving behind all of their belongings and loved ones, and unable to tell anyone of their whereabouts, they disguise themselves as a peasant woman and her illegitimate child, while staying a few steps ahead of the German soldiers. Hardcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $19.95.