Growing Pains Double Feature [Volumes 1 & 2]

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Get both Growing Pains vol. 1 and the new addition to the series, Growing Pain vol. 2 for a discount! The books explore the theme of death and rebirth and touch on several concepts that are involved in that process: loss, grief, love, losing and finding hope, gratitude, and learning to stand on your own two feet. See the descriptions for the individual books below: Hi! Pluto here! This poetry book is my 10-page baby. It includes 16 poems about one of the most transformative times in my life. It explores concepts related to outgrowing your home, living up to expectations, intense and unreciprocated love, and the general chaos of the twenty-somethings. I hope you enjoy it!Content Warning: some poems and illustrations depict suicidal ideation and dissociation.Growing Pains is back and better with Volume 2. With 26 pages and 32 poems, this labor of love encompasses what it means to come to terms with the fact that you are growing up. It’s having realizations you can’t turn back from, but wishing you could. It explores the feeling of knowing you have to change your decision-making, yet not knowing if you can exactly hack it yet. Ultimately, the book puts a more mature spin on the theme of death and rebirth that permeates Volume 1. It’s a story of coming back to self and therefore, being able to dream more openly and vividly.You’ll also see improvements in the art and different stylistic choices with illustrations. Volume 2 experiments with one-line poems through the vessel of illustration and integration with the illustrations of the longer poems. This is my baby!! And the progression from Volume 1 to Volume 2 has made me so proud. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I do.Content Warning: some poems and illustrations depict suicidal ideation.