For those who want to go in blind, the description has been spoilered.>Tom Hart's two-year-old daughter Rosalie was a bundle of energy: always running, 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 graphic novel memoir tells the heartbreaking story of the untimely death of the author's young daughter, and the solace that 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.
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>>151901012Fuck. Did the coroner ever find out why?
Heads up, I'll be skipping pages that are completely black at this point so if you get concerned over a page number skipped in the filenamesThat's why
>>151901262>We made love… it felt like a celebration of our daughter.There’s gotta be a better way to phrase it, my man.
>>151901344>We were on the tail end of a natural New York City arcAh, the life of somewhat wealthy artists...
>>151901813I'm surprised they thought the sale would go smoothly, especially since they're from NYC AND they lowballed the price
>>151902111You'd think this couple would run straight to therapy after a child death, but no they rely on friends like people did in the past. That's interesting.
>>151901173>>151901189I feels a little irresponsible to start a family with poverty wages in NYC.
>>151902546Stray dogs: damn these guys are hopeless
>>151903135>friends kid die>get into a bad accident a day later>let friends borrow your car indefinitely>let friends stay with you for a while, they don't need have to help you out during your rehabilitation, you loved that kid too>friends fly out to a sweat lodge for grief counseling >hope it helps bros>friends come back to stay at your house>they'll eventually move outJeff is a saint. If they have another kid, it's name should be Jeff.
>>151903150>It's a LuchWhat's that? Swampy, boggy? German/Russian?
>>151900867>that descriptionAm I going to cry?
>>151903480>it's only been 4 weeksWith how the dad rambles on it feels like a year.
>>151903620>Hello, police? A scraggly man is staring at my daughter.
I'll be back
I'm back
And that concludes Rosalie Lightning by Tom HartThanks for the bumps
Now I’m sad.
>MUTHA: You have a second daughter, now. How do you imagine her relationship to the book?>TOM HART: I’m less interested in the relationship to the book than I am in her relationship to her sister. I don’t know how that will develop. We talk about Rosalie now more than ever, because Molly Rose is at the age that Rosalie was—she’s a little older, but her sense of humor is now coming out. Her assertiveness is coming out, her language has just surpassed Rosalie’s. Molly Rose hears everything we’re saying, I’m sure.>MUTHA: Oh, they do! I know—and I have a very hard time around my daughter, not to wear my heart on my sleeve.>TOM HART: We don’t really know how we should be careful.>MUTHA: Has Molly Rose asked you who Rosalie is?>TOM HART: No, she’s still too young. She’s like “Stop!” “Give me that!” “I want to follow you to the bathroom!”>MUTHA: She spilled the ink over the table at the New York book signing…. That was funny.>TOM HART: No that was me! I was tired.https://www.muthamagazine.com/2016/05/grief-struck-an-interview-with-tom-hart-on-rosalie-lightning/
>>151903662Damn
>>151904581Thanks OP. The couple is too yuppie for my tastes, but their loss is palpable. It's good that they are still together though because child loss increases the chance of divorce...seen that one too.
>>151902160They probably couldn't afford it
>>151903520Never knew about this before
>>151901249>EYE GUNK gross..
>>151902311if only people who should have children had them, the birthrate would go through the floor
>>151900867thanks for storytime op. that was brutal>>151904533i'm happy they got another child to console them
>>151901090>>151901125>>151901134>>151901158alright who spilled the ink bottle?
>>151909109Not me
>>151903495At the very least you'll be sad
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