Sherri Smith – författare

In a beautifully crafted and captivating graphic novelfrom award-winning writer Sherri L. Smith and Eisner-nominated artistChristine Norrie, a Japanese-American girl must survive yearsof uncertainty and questions of loyalty in Hiroshima during WorldWar II.Amy is a thirteen-year-old Japanese-American girl who lives inHawaii. When her great-grandmother falls ill, Amy travels to visitfamily in Hiroshima for the first time.But this is 1941.When the Japanese navy attacks Pearl Harbor, it becomes impossiblefor Amy to return to Hawaii. Conscripted into translating Englishradio transmissions for the Japanese army, Amy struggles withquestions of loyalty and fears about her family amidst rumorsof internment camps in America – even as she makes a new bestfriend and, over the years, Japan starts to feel something likehome.Torn between two countries at war, Amy must figure outwhere her loyalties lie and, in the face of unthinkable tragedy,find hope in the rubble of a changed world. Beatifully illustrated by award-winning illustrator ChristineNorrieA thrilling tale of torn loyalty and survival during terriblecrisisA glimpse into the untold stories of WWII

Mia never intended to go home again, but has no choice when her twin brother goes missing. Back to the people she left behind, the person she used to be, and the secrets she thought she'd buried.Her brother Lucas, a popular teacher, has disappeared on the same day as the murdered body of one of his students was pulled from the river. Trying to wrap her head around the rumors of Lucas's affair with the teenager, and unable to reconcile the media's vicious portrayal of Lucas with her own memories of him, Mia is desperate to find another suspect.All the while, she wonders, if he's innocent, why did he run?

Mia has built a life for herself far from the small town where she grew up. But she is forced to return home when her brother goes missing. Once the golden boy of the community, Lucas has disappeared the same day as the body of his student is pulled from the river. Unable to reconcile the media''s portrayal of Lucas as a murderer with her own memories of him, Mia is desperate to find another suspect. But if Lucas is innocent, why did he run?

Sherri Smith illuminates the dark side of the self-care and wellness industry in a thrilling ride of revenge perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty’s Nine Perfect Strangers.Katie Manning was a beloved child star until her mid-teens when her manager attacked and permanently scarred her face, effectively ending her career and sending her on a path of all-too-familiar post-Hollywood self-destruction.Now twenty-seven, Katie wants a better answer to those clickbait “Where Are They Now?” articles that float around online. An answer she hopes to find when her brother’s too-good-to-be-true fiancée invites her to a wellness retreat upstate. Together with Katie’s two best friends—one struggling with crippling debt and family obligations, one running away from a failed job and relationship—Katie will try to find the inner peace promised at the tranquil retreat. But finding oneself just might drudge up more memories than Katie is prepared to deal with.Each woman has come to the retreat for different reasons. Each has her secrets to hide. And at the end of this weekend, only one will be left standing.

Sherri Smith illuminates the dark side of the self-care and wellness industry in a thrilling ride of revenge perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty''s Nine Perfect Strangers.Katie Manning was a beloved child star until her mid-teens when her manager attacked and permanently scarred her face, effectively ending her career and sending her on a path of all-too-familiar post-Hollywood self-destruction.Now twenty-seven, Katie wants a better answer to those clickbait "Where Are They Now?" articles that float around online. An answer she hopes to find when her brother''s too-good-to-be-true fiancée invites her to a wellness retreat upstate. Together with Katie''s two best friends—one struggling with crippling debt and family obligations, one running away from a failed job and relationship—Katie will try to find the inner peace promised at the tranquil retreat. But finding oneself just might drudge up more memories than Katie is prepared to deal with.Each woman has come to the retreat for different reasons. Each has her secrets to hide. And at the end of this weekend, only one will be left standing.

Married to a drunken tavern-keeper, Anna Wirth takes solace in her two sons, hard-working Konrad and the beautiful, flaxen-haired Manfred, who sings like an angel and who, some say, has been touched by God. But at the same time, Anna is desperate to prevent people finding out the truth about her younger son. That he is not like other children: he does not communicate, doesn''t make eye contact, lives in his own private world, endlessly collecting and arranging piles of leaves and stones. When rumours of witchcraft sweep through the town, Manfred is seized by those who would use him to pursue their own agenda. As innocent townsfolk are accused, a climate of fear prevails. No one is safe - and at the heart of the terror is Anna''s own son. As the death toll mounts, Anna realizes there is only one way to stop the madness. But can she act against a mother''s deepest instincts?