Wow Cool is moving and products from the shop will be unavailable to purchase for a few days. We will return in mid-April 2024. Thank you for your patience. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Ginseng Roots #8

$6.00

by Craig Thompson

A young Hmong boy sacrifices his childhood, his education, and his future dreams to help out in the family ginseng gardens. His father is torn between the traditional Hmong customs, shamanism, and his role as a Christian pastor in America.

Uncivilized Books

SKU: 85000764100900811 Categories: , Product ID: 82670

Description

A young Hmong boy sacrifices his childhood, his education, and his future dreams to help out in the family ginseng gardens. His father is torn between the traditional Hmong customs, shamanism, and his role as a Christian pastor in America. Spring brings unexpected death and mourning, but in fall the harvest must begin again. As markets change, a new generation struggles to continue the ginseng legacy. Profits have shifted to the retail side at the expense of the farmer’s hard labor. Another harvest cycle unearths ghosts in the soil, both ancestral and chemical.

Craig Thompson is a cartoonist and the author of the award-winning books Blankets; Good-bye, Chunky Rice; and Habibi. He was born in Michigan in 1975, and grew up in a rural farming community in central Wisconsin. His graphic novel Blankets won numerous industry awards and has been published in nearly twenty languages. Thompson lives in Portland, Oregon.

32 page two color comic book
Uncivilized Books, 2021

Additional information

Weight 3 oz
Dimensions 9 × 6 × .25 in