About the Book: Paul at Home
Paul at Home is Quebecois superstar Michel Rabagliati s most personal book yet,
a riveting, emotional, and frequently amusing take on the losses and loneliness
of being closer to retirement than to university. Paul is in his mid-50s, a
successful cartoonist with an achy shoulder living in a house he once shared
with his wife and daughter. The backyard is unkempt, full of weeds. A swing set
sits idle, slowly rusting beside a half-dead tree Paul planted with his
then-five-year old daughter. The room that belonged to his now-18-year-old
daughter is mostly unused, especially once she decides to move