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Good Luck To Us All: A Graphic Memoir of Sorts

Karen Vermeulen author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Catalyst Books

Publishing:28th Jan '25

£14.99

This title is due to be published on 28th January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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In this graphic memoir, Cape Town artist Karen Vermeulen reflects on the absurdities of contemporary womanhood—from romance and friendship to the ever-elusive “self-care”.

Trust her—Karen is trying really hard to be an adult. Harder than she should probably have to, as a thirty-something with a cat, a flat, and a job. She would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling influencers, always raising the bar of what it means to be a proper woman.

Accompanied by her trademark quirky artwork and signature wit, Karen pokes fun at her attempts to “grow up”: whether that’s becoming a meditation girlie, getting Botox, faking self-confidence, using dating apps, going to therapy, or living the childfree life (unless you count her feline companion Sir Henry, which, of course, she does.)

From emotional support pigs to ectopic pregnancies, cuticle care to under-boob chakras, the laugh-out-loud and deeply perceptive illustrated essays in Good Luck To Us All are a testament to these wild and crazy times.

"Vermeulen, a 'chronically single and chronically childless' Cape Town artist and Instagram cartoonist, debuts with a savvy collage of self-deprecating personal anecdotes....Charming illustrations add a welcome dimension of silliness....What initially appears as breezy as a Cathy cartoon reveals a surprising well of novelty and depth." - Publishers Weekly


"Immaculately-captured moments in both writing and illustration that will give some stand-up comedians a run for their money. Refreshing and Hilarious." - Liora Friedland, co-author of NO! and Let’s Party


"My internal reader nodded along happily… …except in those parts where my internal reader laughed out loud and gave my external quietly-sitting-reading reader a fright. [Good Luck To Us All] has these tiny, quiet observations that surprise and amuse."  – Karin Schimke, author of The Karen Book of Rules


"Candid and funny, Karen lifts the veil, the bandage, and the skirt on life in all of its complicated beauty" - Alex Latimer, author-illustrator



“A truly graphic, hilarious, intimate and warm portrait.” - Iain S. Thomas author of I wrote this for you and Every Word You Cannot Say.

ISBN: 9781960803108

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

240 pages