"A spare account of a short life that will leave readers feeling both uplifted and emotionally drained."
— Kirkus Reviews STARRED Review
“[A] painful but spirited graphic memoir debut . . . Antal’s art balances the lighter tone, sometimes to disarming effect . . . In this frank telling of a devastating ordeal, it’s the beauty of the too-brief loving moments that lingers.”
— Publishers Weekly
“I found it a deeply affecting work. An honest and unsentimental account of a family’s tragedy. The book charts Rick Louis’s struggle to find the tiniest amounts of solace in this devastating event, and his ultimate belief that every second he spent with his son was life-affirming. He finds light in the darkest of places, and that is a message we can all learn from.”
— Darryl Cunningham, author of Putin’s Russia: The Rise of a Dictator
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Ronan and The Endless Sea of Stars, like the best nonfiction, is honest and observant. Only someone who had lived this story could have written it, and only a writer as brave as Rick Louis would have been as truthful, with a sharp eye for tiny, telling details. Louis and artist Lara Antal understand that graphic novels have the unique ability to show the negative space left by things that are no longer there, holes that can never be filled. It’s a heartbreakingly beautiful book.”
— Brian Fies, author of Mom’s Cancer and A Fire Story
“Even for the hypervigilant parent-to-be, author Rick Louis reminds us that there are situations you just can’t prepare for. Lara Antal’s art guides the reader into the soaring, starry sky of dreams and profound darkness of nightmares, in this story of the huge love and unimaginable heartbreak of losing a child.”
— Ellen Forney, author of Marbles
“A moving meditation on death and grieving. This book illustrates the resilience of the human spirit through beautiful visual metaphors and subtle humor.”
— Robin Ha, author of Almost American Girl
“For anyone who’s been tasked with loving someone who is leaving—a book about being as present as you can for them.”
— Tom Hart, author of Rosalie Lightning
“Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars is a powerful, touching, honest portrayal . . . [the] mix of humor and sadness makes
Ronan all the more poignant . . . Please read
Ronan for its very human story presented with sensitivity, caring, lightness, and powerful imagery.”
— Graphic Medicine
