The international bestseller. Inspiring stories of remarkable and often-overlooked rebel ladies connected by their indomitable spirit.
Penelope Bagieu was born in Paris in 1982 to Corsican and Basque parents. She is a bestselling graphic novel author, and her editorial illustrations have appeared all over the French media. In America, her graphic novels include Exquisite Corpse and California Dreamin'. She blogs, plays drums in a rock band, and watches lots of nature shows.
Bagieu’s writing is clever and concise and panels brim with sly
subtleties; Bagieu delivers laugh-out-loud one-liners in bitsy
speech bubbles and summons tragedy with no words at all, and her
fine-lined figures are by turns playfully expressive, fierce, and
reverent. This dynamic paean to women’s flair for fierce resistance
will have readers happily sifting through history - and tackling
the future with renewed verve. Rock on, ladies.
*Booklist*
Bagieu delivers a pièce de résistance that succinctly summarizes
the obstacles and victories of these daring women. Insightful and
clever … this serves as a reminder that the hardships women face
today have been shared - and overcome - by many others.
*Kirkus*
Story collections about famous women often include figures like
Joan of Arc and Florence Nightingale. Bagieu goes further afield,
creating short graphic biographies about inspiring women from many
unexpected times and places. Bagieu’s writing is sly and
understated, and her panels combine impish comedy with unexpected
moments of sensuousness. Any one of these stories would make a
rousing picture book biography; 29 of them in one volume produces a
work whose energy and wit will spur readers to get going and change
the world.
*Publishers Weekly*
Brazen is a colorful look into the fascinating lives of twenty-nine
determined, iconoclastic women who were bold visionaries. It
features both world-famous and little-known women throughout
history.
*Voya*
A strikingly original collective biography for casual readers,
students, and those looking for inspiration in their own lives.
*School Library Journal*
Insightful and clever, at times infuriating and disheartening, this
serves as a reminder that the hardships women face today have been
shared—and overcome—by many others.
*Kirkus*
This turns out to be just perfect.
*Literary Hub*
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