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"""Mary Fields' new graphic novel, CARRIED AWAY, offers a winsome eyeful of youthful adventure. It's a candid tale everyone young or young at heart will enjoy--how this shy wide-eyed girl learns to trust her instincts and feelings, and navigate some dangerous moments on the rocky road to adulthood. The author is a professional illustrator and graphic artist, and she makes the work blossom with some gorgeous and exotic treats for the eye, not least among them when the author is capturing her own wry and satiric responses. Mary Fields has a handle on what might be called Survivor Lit--by quick turns playful and serious, deft and immediate."" --Paul Hunter, author & poet ""I loved this. A beautifully drawn and written memoir of a young, adventurous dame's seat-of-the-pants journey through distant exotic locales that no longer exist populated with a cast of diverse, intriguing, and sometimes dangerous characters. Unpredictable twists and turns, love, discovery, sly humor, movie references, and style galore. Hard to believe this is a first [graphic] novel. Time has changed these settings so the only way to experience them is on the page. I was swept away by Carried Away and you will be too."" --Rex McDowell ""This is a page-turner of a memoir-except the art is so good you'll hesitate to turn the pages! The moving story of the author's youthful solo trip to distant lands, combined with gorgeous imagery of her memories of foreign travel in a less-connected era. Highly recommended!"" --M-A Pomputius ""I don't normally write reviews but this delightful graphic novel propelled me to my computer to tell all of you to BUY IT NOW!! Everything about it is sublime! The story is funny, and moving, and scary, and sexy, and informative, and deeply felt; the art work is gorgeous and transports you further into the world Ms. Fields created with her words! And the fact that it's a true story is mind boggling!! I will share this novel with friends and re-read it often myself!"" --Hope Alexander, actor ""Just delightful! I read this in one sitting the day it arrived and plan to read it again at least once to look at the art in detail. It's a great story about an adventure that would be difficult to pull off nowadays. The art is so expressive that one becomes even more engaged in the fabulous story. I plan to gift this book to many friends."" --Sarah Brooke, painter & actor ""A wonderful true story! From a Time when one was young and could travel on little money. Amazing Illustrations by the author."" --Jonny Calvo, designer ""Beautifully rendered. Mary Fields has written an utterly charming graphic novel. It is encased in detailed and evocative drawings. Her art is absolutely wonderful. She creates real, dimensional characters who breathe life into an already engaging story."" --Lee Shallat Chemel, director ""An absolutely beautiful book. Carried Away is truly a wonderful story about traveling without a net, young love, adventure, self discovery, and memory. It is a gorgeous, beautifully illustrated book. I loved it and highly recommend it!"" --Martin LaPlatney, actor"

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"Mary Fields is a professional mural painter and illustrator living in Seattle. ""Carried Away"" is her first venture into the world of graphic novels. Writing and illustrating this memoir began as a lark but quickly turned into an obsession. In the words of Anais Nin: ""We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection."" This story of a life-changing journey taken in her youth was the one she chose to revisit through the telling. As a visual artist who loves words, this form, although new to her, turned out to suit her very well."

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