"A gorgeous graphic novel about heartbreak—likened to a feeling of an elephant sitting on your chest-- and how to recover from it."
Heartbreak is something that everyone will experience at least once, like it or not.
I can still remember with acute clarity the first time my heart got broken at 17. I didn’t want to eat, I didn’t want to talk to anyone, I didn’t want to go anywhere. The only thing I wanted to do was cry, which I did as magnificently as any teenager going through their first heartbreak would do. Spoiler alert: I got over it.
Elephants on My Chest: Or Why Heartbreak is Worth it by Lucia Zamolo is just the sort of book you want to press into the hands of someone who’s had their heart broken recently. Teenagers are a perfect target audience, given the intensity and frequency in which it happens (see above). But even adults get their heart broken. Anyone who is going through it would benefit from this book.
The graphic novel cites Plato, Greek myths, medical terms and personal experience to explore heartbreak. It is funny. It is sad. It is supportive. It is honest. The simple and effective pencil drawings impart much emotion, along with empathy.
The title is taken from what it feels like to have your heart broken. “‘An elephant sitting on my chest’ which to me seems an accurate description of and also a fitting mirror image to having butterflies in your stomach,” Zamolo writes.
Give this charming graphic novel to anyone feeling heartbreak. They’ll feel better after reading it, and that's saying something.
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