Artist Ana Penyass grandmothers Maruja and Hermanina live alone in their respective Spanish towns, largely neglected by their children and relatives, who never visit. But when Ana comes to see them, she realises that these women, whose daytoday existences now seem mundane, experienced firsthand an incredibly tumultuous and fascinating period of Spanish history. In Were All Just Fine, Penyas weaves the memories of her grandmothers to craft a narrative quilt that pieces together what it was like for women to assimilate to Spains dramatic political and cultural shifts in the late 1970s and 80s. The sudden transition from the authoritarian, repressive Franco regime to lively and liberating democracy was at once incredibly freeing but also destabilising for women used to their traditional roles as dutiful housewives. Through this intimate lens into her grandmothers daily struggle of their silence, the small acts of rebellion, and great gestures of resilience Penyas gives voice to an entire generation of invisible women whose stories have rarely been told. Combining collage and roughhewn pencil drawings, and mixing past and present, Penyas offers a decidedly feminist tribute to the forgotten lives and legacies of her grandmothers.

Binding: Hardback;112 pages; Publisher: Fantagraphics; Classification: FX; Weight: 612 g; Dimensions: 178 x 248 x 17

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