SENSIBLE FOOTWEAR

SENSIBLE FOOTWEAR

A Girl's Guide

• Publishing Company:

  FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL

• Imprint:

  MYRIAD

• Format:

  ONE SHOT

• Creator(s):

  KATE CHARLESWORTH (AUTHOR)

• Number of Pages:

  320

• Publication Date:

  2019

• Age:

  YOUNG ADULT, ADULT

• Fiction/Non-Fiction

  NON-FICTION

• Key words:

  MEMOIR, FEMINISIM, WOMEN'S LIB, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, LESBIAN, LGBQTI+,

• Summary:

  A fascinating history of how post-war Britain transformed from a country hostile towards ‘queer’ lives to the LGBQTI+ universe of today, recording the political gains and challenges against a backdrop of personal experience: realising her own sexuality, coming out to her parents, embracing lesbian and gay culture, losing friends to AIDS, forming relationships, making up and breaking up, finding a life partner.
  
  Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide has received many accolades since publication, awarded best graphic nonfiction by the Broken Frontier Awards 2019, longlisted for the Portico Prize in 2019 and shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020. It was published in France by Casterman as A Pink Story and in Germany by Carlsen as United Queerdom – winning the Max und Moritz prize for Best Factual Comic at Erlangen Comics Salon in 2024.
  
  Kate Charlesworth is represented by Corinne Pearlman at Pearlman & Lacey.