The Troublemakers Dave Eggers Raina wakes up one night

Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach

The two women share their stories of loss and heartbreak—and a startling revelation about sexual assault—culminating in an exquisite example of human connection

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She did not want to move to a farm with her mom and her mom’s new boyfriend

The Troublemakers Dave Eggers Raina wakes up one nightBy Baron Yoshimoto. Translated by Ryan Holmberg. Published by Retrofit. Softcover, 248 pages, B&W, 2018. A collection of some of the best stories by Baron Yoshimoto, one of the Japanese manga artists who helped develop the graphic novel form in the 1960s and 1970s by targeting an older audience with scintillating and exquisitely drawn stories about class, gender, ethnicity, and race. With an essay by noted manga historian and translator Ryan Holmberg.