A grab bag of short strips published in various places over the last decade. The more interesting bits involve Fawkes making archeological illustrations of pottery on the site of ancient Troy and coping with her mother's Alzheimer's. And there is a very funny story of Charlotte Brontë attending a modern day yoga class. (I did not realize until the end of the book that Fawkes also created the enjoyable Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre which I read just a few months ago. I should have recognized the art style . . . )

Unfortunately, between the good bits are a lot of boring sketchbook pages, mundane travel diaries, and way, way too many "kids say the darndest things" gags featuring her son and daughter, who come off more bratty than cute. The kid strips also bring up a privacy issue as the author explicitly states in the introduction that her children have asked her to stop posting them but that she intends to continue to do so despite their expressed humiliation. It reminded me of this article:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/mommy-blogger-refuses-stop-...

By the way, if you are intrigued by the tapestries of the mother, Judith Poxson Fawkes, here's a page with eight of them in full color:
https://www.russoleegallery.com/artists/judith-poxson-fawkes/featured-works?view...

Some of the author's father's work can be found here:
https://www.russoleegallery.com/exhibitions/tom-fawkes7/selected-works?view=thum...

Bottom line, an uneven work by an interesting talent. I'll certainly seek out more by her in the future. ( )