ILLUSTRATED NARRATIVE

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Malou Hale

&

Mikaela Gillman

of Canto House

are collaborating to write

and

illustrate

a picture book

about

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love

​

and

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heartbreak.

 

 

Written in the tradition

of

magical realism,

the story

treats

heartbreak

as something expansive,

surreal and worthy

of attention.

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The work combines

photographic fragments

with digital illustration

to reflect

the nonlinear nature

of longing

and

grief.

By giving

heartbreak

narrative weight

and visual presence,

the book

insists

that depth of feeling

is

not embarrassing,

 

but human. ​

 

 

This project is in progress.