繪本／漫畫

“We obsess about who they look like - the papa, the mama, a cousin, one or other of grandparents.

Mostly, they look like each other. Or like bugs. Or burritos.”

What does it truly mean to be a grandparent — to care for and nurture young life as you look back on your own, and experience the world afresh through their eyes?

The Art of Being a Grandmother: An Incomplete Diary of Becoming is an honest and heartfelt exploration of self — as a mother, grandmother, visual artist and writer. Following her acclaimed autobiographical play, Still Life (2019) with Checkpoint Theatre, Dana Lam invites you into her world as she chronicles the process of becoming a grandparent through her art and writings. The careful interweaving of candid, meditative journal entries with stunning watercolour and ink renderings of scenes of her daily life deftly captures the unique pleasures and challenges of grandparenthood. Poignant, tender, and funny all at once, this volume will delight readers of all ages with its warmth and wonder.

“Being a mother is, arguably, a choice for some.

Being a grandmother is a decision made for you by someone else.”

A 200-page visual journal by Dana Lam; edited by Huzir Sulaiman, with curation, design and layout by Marc Gabriel Loh.

Author's Bio 

Dana Lam is a visual artist and writer, and an Associate Artist with Checkpoint Theatre. In 2019, she performed her play Still Life, which she developed with Huzir Sulaiman and Claire Wong of Checkpoint Theatre over three years. It included a year of exploration and painting in her studio.

She most recently wrote and performed the erotic monologue Why Not Sex in Not Grey: Intimacy, Ageing and Being as part of the Festival of Women: N.O.W. 2021, directed by Noorlinah Mohamed for T:>Works.

Dana has performed in Jerome Bel’s Gala (TheatreWorks, 2016), Joavien Ng’s Incarnation of the Beast (TheatreWorks, 2015) and Dream Country – A Lost Monologue (Singapore Arts Festival, 2012). Her writing credits include the book Days of Being Wild: GE2006 Walking the Line with the Opposition (Ethos Books, 2006). Her visual art has been shown in the Singapore Art Museum and the Substation Gallery. Her 500-piece installation work When Bellies Speak: You Are Your Own Work of Art was held at Hong Lim Park on 8 March 2015.

Outside of performance, Dana has worked as a newspaper reporter and volunteered with AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research), serving as its President from 2000-2002 and again, from 2009-2011.

　　如果覺得開口關心你在意的人有點害羞，就把這本書送給他吧！❤

　　百萬粉絲、千萬按讚、破億點閱
　　超人氣療癒小漫畫「bibi動物園」首度結集成書！
　　獲得6萬讀者五星好評★★★★★

　　整個世界都在催你長大，
　　但在這裡，純真是最重要的事。
　　如果你發現，我總是忍不住想打擾你，
　　請你相信我只是想把我的開心送給你而已。

　　「其實最珍貴的愛，就藏在很小很小的事情裡。」

　　長大了以後，「打擾」變成一件不成熟的事了吧……
　　無論是有件快樂的事想跟你說，
　　還是你好像看起來有點難過想和你聊聊。
　　不打擾，好像是成熟的大人之道，
　　但，其實我還是忍不住想打擾你一下，
　　想讓你知道，我隨時都在，也隨時歡迎你的打擾。

　　在bibi動物園裡，每個動物都善良，每件事情都溫暖，
　　在你感到沮喪的時候，他們會輪流抱抱你，讓你不再孤單。

　　小狐狸：「你要冬眠了嗎？」
　　熊熊：「還沒耶。」
　　小狐狸：「你要冬眠了嗎？」
　　熊熊：「還早呢。」
　　小狐狸：「今天要冬眠了吧？」
　　熊熊：「沒有呀，到底怎麼了？」
　　小狐狸：「我織了一頂睡帽想要送給你。」

　　★ 嚴選42篇高人氣全彩圖文漫畫，每篇都讓人獲得小小驚喜，會心一笑。

　　★ 隨書贈送「我想你了」明信片1組2張，對朋友的關心，永遠不是打擾。

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