THE SHADOW MOTHER - ILLUSTRATIONS, BLACK AND WHITE

The Shadow MotherThe Shadow MotherDance, the Swiss German author Stefan Haller tells the story of his mother, who suffered from mental illness, based on her diaries, transcribed word for word and illustrated in a powerful graphic novel. Stefan Haller describes it precisely and without how his mother's troubles manifested themselves, their repercussions on the whole family, and the conflicts that all those involved hid in order to protect those around them. Dance, the author leads a real family investigation, questioning his brothers and sisters, his uncles and aunts, going back to the history of his grandparents, to break the silence that reigned within his family and trying to untangle his own history from that from his mother.