Raina's mother: Raina's mother has no interest in repairing her relationship with her husband, and is trying to move on.Raina's father: Raina's father is a man who is loyal to his own beliefs and is hoping to salvage his relationship with his wife.Craig's parents: Craig's parents are strict, devoutly religious Christians who are not very tolerant of liberal Christianity.Although she believes in God, she does not believe as strongly as Craig does. She also takes care of her mentally disabled sister and brother. Like Craig, her family is not well-off financially, and her parents' divorce causes her stress. Raina: Craig's first love, a fellow Christian whom Craig first meets at a church camp.Their adventures are also recalled at least once in each chapter throughout the book. Like Craig, he likes to draw, and the first portion of the story details their childhood together, though they later drift apart. At a Baptist Christian winter camp he meets a girl from a similar background named Raina who becomes his first love. Craig is a talented artist and devout Christian. Craig Thompson: Craig is the main character, who is depicted from childhood to young adulthood.Beautifully rendered in pen and ink, Thompson has created a love story that lasts. This groundbreaking graphic novel, winner of two Eisner and three Harvey Awards, is an eloquent portrait of adolescent yearning first love (and first heartache) faith in crisis and the process of moving beyond all of that. It’s a universal story, and Thompson’s vibrant brushstrokes and unique page designs make the familiar heartbreaking all over again. Over time though, their personal demons resurface and their relationship falls apart. Under an engulfing blanket of snow, Craig and Raina fall in love at winter church camp, revealing to one another their struggles with faith and their dreams of escape.

Craig Thompson’s poignant graphic memoir plays out against the backdrop of a Midwestern winterscape: finely-hewn linework draws together a portrait of small town life, a rigorously fundamentalist Christian childhood, and a lonely, emotionally mixed-up adolescence. Blankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creative voice.

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