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Poignant and captivating, Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden s powerful graphic memoir, Spinning, captures what it s like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know.It was the same every morning Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark.Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions Perform Smile And do it again.She was good She won And she hated it.For ten years, figure skating was Tillie Walden s life She woke before dawn for morning lessons, went straight to group practice after school, and spent weekends competing at ice rinks across the state It was a central piece of her identity, her safe haven from the stress of school, bullies, and family But over time, as she switched schools, got into art, and fell in love with her first girlfriend, she began to question how the close minded world of figure skating fit in with the rest of her life, and whether all the work was worth it given the reality that she, and her friends on the figure skating team, were nowhere close to Olympic hopefuls It all led to one question What was the point The Tillie thought about it, the Tillie realized she d outgrown her passion and she finally needed to find her own voice. Read Spinning – kino-fada.fr This book held my attention completely Sports books are not necessarily rare, but those with figure skating and synchronized skating And a graphic memoir at that With LGBT themes It was gorgeous The author may only be twenty one and I believe she started this book when she was a bit younger , but she s got talent to behold and admire.Not only that, but the melancholy atmosphere fitted the main character, AKA the author, entirely It follows Tillie from age ten to age eighteen Her experien This book held my attention completely Sports books are not necessarily rare, but those with figure skating and synchronized skating And a graphic memoir at that With LGBT themes It was gorgeous The author may only be twenty one and I believe she started this book when she was a...This was beautiful Absolutely beautiful TW depression, sexual harassment, homophobiaReally moving story that made me shed a tear I absolutely loved the art as well.The cold from the ice rink seeps out of this book Tillie has created a mood here and also she has shared her childhood Getting up at 4am every morning, how do people do that Tillie has shared her story openly and honestly, all her falls and all the times she soared I love that she included her cello lessons here Lessons are a place we grow up in, this little weekly bubble.Tillie also told...Tillie Walden is at this writing 21 years old , and this is already her fourth book, but this is her first long form work, a memoir about the 12 years she spent figure skating I have read and reviewed two of her shorter, earlier works, I Love This Part and The End of Summer, and liked them actually better than this memoir as subtle, atmospheric short stories This book is almost 400 pages, on a subject she herself never really loved The moody, shy Walden has fe...4.5 stars I m very confused about how there are so many eh reviews because this book is GORGEOUS Just tactically, the feel of holding this book is your hands is so satisfying A lot of reviews said the pacing was off , however I thought it was extremely relatable to how we remember our own childhoods and own our traumas Tillie Walden is only 21 and she crafted this book with such bravery and honesty I wouldn t necessarily say it follows a traditional story arc, but the memoir is 4.5 stars I m very confused about how there are so many eh reviews because this book is GORGEOUS Just tactically, the feel of holding this book is your hands is so satisfying A lot of reviews said the pacing was off , however I thought it was...3.5 I m uncomfortable with the term graphic memoir, which to me connotes a memoir with graphically violent or sexual content However, it seems to be accepted parlance nowadays for a graphic novel that s autobiographical rather than fictional Tillie Walden s Spinning is in the same vein as Alison Bechdel s Fun Home and Craig Thompson s Blankets a touching coming of age story delivered through the medium of comics.Specifically, this is about the 12 years Walden spent in the competitive figu 3.5 I m uncomfortable with the term graphic memoir, which to me connotes a memoir with graphically violent or sexual content However, it seems to be accepted parlance nowadays for a graphic novel that s autobiographical rather than fictional Tillie Walden s Spinning is in the same vein as Alison Bechdel s Fun Home and Craig Thompson s Blankets a touching coming of age story delivered through the medium of comics.Specifically, this is about the 12 years Walden spent in the competitive figure skating world She grew up in New Jersey, and when the family moved to Austin, Texas the bullying she d experienced in her previous school continued Mornings started at 4 a.m when she got up for individual skating lessons after school she had synchronized skating practice at another rink.These ye... A copy was provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest reviewThis graphic novel was anything BUT what I expected it to be I expected something lighthearted and full of fluff but it s definitely no that.Spinning tells the story of a young girl named Tillie who has been figure skating since she was little Her story is one filled with loneliness even when surrounded by dozens of girls, which is kind of the lesbian experience when one is very young She s not the most lik A copy was provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest reviewThis graphic novel was anything BUT what I expected it to be I expected something lighthearted and full of fluff but it s definitely no that.Spinning tells the story of a young girl named Tillie who has been figure skating since she was little Her story is one filled with loneliness even when surrounded by dozens of girls, which is kind of the lesbian experience when one is very young She s not the most likeable character around but that s why I felt so connected to her She s an outsider trying to fit into a world that doesn t fit her Being a gay and being deeply closeted since a very young age is something a lot of us in the LGBTQAIP community go through I feel like this graphic novels captures that loneliness and pain wonderfu...Incredibly beautiful.Stunning So stunning I added it as an extra book 13 to my booktalking lineup for local middle schools in 2018 I can t believe how accomplished and mature this feels It s a whole package Gorgeous production, brilliant use of color, breathtaking compositionAND THE STORY I like many, at least when the Olympics are on enjoy watching figure skating, but don t know much about it as a subculture On the other hand, when I was growing up, I was a synchronized swimmer for many years, so I to Stunning So stunning I added it as an extra book 13 to my booktalking lineup for local middle schools in 2018 I can t believe how a...

Spinning
  • 24 February 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 400 pages
  • 1626727724
  • Tillie Walden
  • Spinning