Every week the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friends daughter Esther. She tells him about her life about school her friends her hopes dreams and fears and then he works it up into a comic strip. This book consists of 52 of those strips telling between them the story of a year in the life of this sharp spirited and hilarious child. The result is a moving insightful and utterly addictive glimpse into the real lives of children growing up in todays world. show more