This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America Maria Birmingham Once the walls come down

Once the walls come down

such as Herriot's recollections of poor farmers who will scrape their meager earnings together to be able to get proper care for their working animals

having miraculously gotten out of the Scholomance

Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life

queer family and the sporty community he thrives in

This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America Maria Birmingham Once the walls come downWith light and airy illustrations, Mahdavian tackles these complex themes with humor and wit. NPR, Books We Love 2023 NPR BEST BOOKS OF 2023 NEW YORKER BEST BOOKS WEVE READ IN 2023 A gorgeously illustrated and written debut graphic memoir about belonging, identity, and making a home in the remote American West, by New Yorker cartoonist Navied Mahdavian. Before Navied Mahdavian moved with his wife and dog in November of 2016 from San Francisco to an