Overview
A new updated paperback edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic memoir about a father dealing with the sudden death of his young daughter. Tom Hart's two-year-old daughter Rosalie was a bundle of energy: alwaysrunning, exploring, and fascinated by the world around her. But one night, when Tom went to check on her in her crib, he found her silent, still, and unbreathing. Without a sign that anything had been wrong, she had passed away in her sleep. This touching and beautiful graphicnovel memoir tells the heartbreaking story of the untimely death of the author's young daughter, and the solacethat Hart finds in nature, philosophy, literature, and art. Rosalie Lightning is a graphic masterpiece chronicling a father's undying love, and a tribute to much-missed baby girl. This new high quality paperback edition of a beloved classic features a new foreword from bestselling author Lucy Knisley, along with a letter from Tom Hart giving a view into the role the book has played in his grief process, and how he has found a way forward into life.
Full Product Details
Author: Tom Hart
Publisher: Street Noise Books
Imprint: Street Noise Books
ISBN: 9781951491406
ISBN 10: 1951491408
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 July 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Reviews
"Reviews of the hardcover edition: ""A masterpiece--and a luminous tribute to a brief, beautiful life.""--(starred review) Publishers Weekly ""A gift to every reader and to anyone who has grieved."" --(starred review) Library Journal ""A searing read.""--The Boston Globe ""Profoundly affecting. . . . A bracing, deeply saddening journey into death and loss whose affirmative resolution, 'joy breaking through the storm clouds, ' is nothing but hard won."" --Kirkus Reviews"
Reviews of the hardcover edition: ""A masterpiece--and a luminous tribute to a brief, beautiful life.""--(starred review) Publishers Weekly ""A gift to every reader and to anyone who has grieved."" --(starred review) Library Journal ""A searing read.""--The Boston Globe ""Profoundly affecting. . . . A bracing, deeply saddening journey into death and loss whose affirmative resolution, 'joy breaking through the storm clouds, ' is nothing but hard won."" --Kirkus Reviews
Author Information
Tom Hart is a critically acclaimed Eisner-nominated cartoonist and the Executive Director of The Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainesville, Florida. He is the creator ofDaddy Lightningseries of graphic novels and books.The Collected Hutch Owenwas nominated for best graphic novel in 2000 and has received a Xeric Grant. Tom has taught sequential art at the University of Florida and at NYC's School of Visual Arts.
