Juliette. Gespenster kehren im Frühling zurück

Juliette in Camille Jourdy's graphic novel of the same name is going through a midlife crisis and suffers from panic attacks. So, she decides to take some time out and escapes to her divorced parents in a small town. Here, time seems to have stood still, and yet nothing is as it once was; Juliette encounters complete chaos. Her father, with whom she moves in, is now demented and forgets and misplaces everything. Her mother, on the other hand, exhibits pictures with titles such as "Menstruation", while her many lovers come and go. Juliette's sister, stressed by her children, is guarding a secret. She meets Georges who becomes nicer by the day, but who finds it hard to tear himself away from the local bar where people go to gossip. Camille Jourdy has created a fascinating portrait of everyday life in the French provinces and spun an illustrious web of bizarre entanglements with a light touch, making her depiction a great pleasure to read.