First published 2020
A mother cradles her newborn son and begins to tell him their story. She whispers to him as she rocks him gently, describing the life they will share together. Through sparse grey pencil drawings that move like frames in a flipbook, the pages show time passing. With each turn, the boy grows taller and stronger while his mother becomes smaller and more fragile. The images capture their bodies changing, folding into each other in new ways as years slip by. What begins with a tiny infant in his mother's arms transforms gradually into a grown man holding his elderly mother. The simple, rhythmic illustrations measure the passage of time like a metronome, showing how love adapts and endures through every stage of life. This wordless story reveals the peculiar dance of aging and the way relationships shift while remaining constant at their core.
Genres: family, literary-fiction, contemporary, relationships
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: found-family, slice-of-life
80 pages · Hardcover · Elsewhere Editions