Title
One Week in January: New Paintings for an Old Diary,New
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Feels like reading a love story that doesn't quite know it's a love story yet, and a success story that doesn't know its made it.Emma Straub, New York Timesbestselling author of This Time TomorrowAwardwinning, beloved children's book author and illustrator Carson Ellis makes a stunning adult debut with an illustrated memoir that evocatively captures a specific cultural moment of the early 2000s and in her journey as an artist.In January 2001, the young artist Carson Ellis moved into a warehouse in Portland, Oregon, with a group of fellow artists. For the first week she lived there, she kept a detailed diary full of dry observations, mordant wit, hijinks with friends (including her future husband, Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy), and turnofthemillennium cultural touchstones. Now, Ellis has richly illustrated this twodecadeold journal with extraordinary new paintings in the signature style that has made her an awardwinning picture book author today.This beautiful volume offers a snapshot of a bygone era, a meticulous recreation of quotidian frustrations and small, meaningful moments, and a meditation on what it means both to start your journey as an artist and to look back at that beginning many years later.AWARDWINNING AUTHOR: Carson Ellis is a Caldecott awardwinning author and artist known for her work in the Wildwood Chronicles, The Mysterious Benedict Society, and beyond and the longtime illustratorinresidence for the band The Decemberists. People who love her childrens books will be thrilled to discover this new bookespecially parents who are nostalgic for the days of the early 2000s.A NOSTALGIC GIFT: One Week in January is the perfect nostalgic gift for anyone who came of age in the heyday of indie rock, offering a glimpse into the lives of a particular Portland art scene.BEAUTIFUL, ECCENTRIC, AND CHARMING: Dry, specific, mundane, and somehow completely magicalthis book is a true revelation. With gorgeous oneofakind paintings by the oneandonly Carson Ellis, its transporting and relatable, an unglamorous homage to youthful misadventure, fun, sadness, and all the intense feelings of early adulthood.Perfect for: Fans of Carson Elliss picture books and illustration People who grew up listening to The Decemberists and other bands from the 90s Portland music scene Millennials and Gen Xers Readers of diaries and memoir Art book collectors
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