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I Always Think It's Forever
A Love Story Set in Paris as Told by an Unreliable but Earnest Narrator
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Renowned graphic artist Timothy Goodman planned to do what every young artist dreams of and spend a year abroad in Paris. While there, he fell in love in a way he never had before. For the first time in his life, he let himself be loved and finally, truly loved someone else. But the deeper the love, the more crushing the heartbreak when the relationship eventually fell apart, forcing him to look inwards. He confronted traumas of his past as well as his own toxic masculinity, and he learned to finally show up for himself.
I Always Think It's Forever is a one-of-a-kind memoir that chronicles it all—the ups, the downs, love lost, and love found—all in the bold style Goodman is best known for, with poetic prose and a touch of humor added as well. It's a glimpse inside the heart and mind of a man, first focusing on the time Goodman spent in Paris, including diary entries relating his experiences learning about French food, culture, and language. This touching memoir also explores the painful break-up just six months later in Rome. Goodman artfully describes his attempts at learning to love himself in the end, his scars, cuts, warts, and all in a way no book ever has before.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781797154008
- File size: 55697 KB
- Duration: 01:56:02
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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November 7, 2022
Artist Goodman (Sharpie Art Workshop: Techniques and Ideas for Transforming Your World) recalls a failed relationship in this tender if uneven illustrated memoir. After a year of neglecting his mental health, Goodman visited Paris, where he fell in love with a Frenchwoman named Aimée. Four months later, Goodman returned home to New York City alone, and the couple eventually broke up, which sent Goodman into a spiral of depression. After therapy and medication, he was diagnosed with attachment disorder, partially the result of his traumatic upbringing (his first stepdad physically abused him). Goodman makes no bones about his vulnerability (“Breakups take a big toll on me”) as he plumbs the depths of his despair, but Aimée remains frustratingly opaque: other than her love of Britney Spears and astrology, she is solely defined as the object of Goodman’s affection. The whimsical illustrations evoke Keith Haring’s graffiti-like pop art, though they feel oddly buoyant in contrast to the melancholy material. Still, this emotionally raw narrative will resonate with anyone who has endured heartbreak. Agent: Jesseca Salky, Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency. -
August 1, 2023
Although this might sit on adult-section shelves, plenty of teens will find resonance here: no one age group quite loves and loses with the purity and intensity of adolescents. Sure, designer/illustrator/writer Goodman (Sharpie Art Workshop) is a couple decades older, and he has the means for international relocations, but the depth of his heartwarming-to-heartrending love story is youthfully familiar. Combining prose with his signature marker art (in print), Goodman journals his way through prioritizing his mental health, landing in Paris, learning French, and "eating all the baguettes." Meeting, loving, and losing Aim�e fuels him to also turn inward and learn to tell his own story of a difficult childhood, abusive relationships, nurturing himself as well as others, and, despite unspeakable hurt, staying open to "that big bold, corny, urgent, ridiculous, inconvenient Carrie Bradshaw kinda love." To embody such soul-flaying vulnerability, only Goodman himself could have narrated-which he does with sincerity and calm. VERDICT Offer both print and audio to heartbroken teens for commiserating sympathy and aspirational buoyancy.
Copyright 2023 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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