A quiet and meditative graphic novel in the manga style, featuring the artwork of Fumio Obata. Joanna drops out of her finance job after a breakdown, travelling to Japan and immersing herself in zen gardening. Celebrates the healing power of the pursuit.
Sean Michael Wilson is a graphic-novel writer living in Scotland and Japan. He has published more than 20 books, including The Many Not the Few and Parecomic (with an introduction by Noam Chomsky). His book The Faceless Ghost was nominated for the prestigious Eisner Book Awards, and Secrets of the Ninja won an International Manga Award from the Japanese government; he was the first British person to receive this award. He has written articles for The Japan Times, The London Economic, The Herald Scotland, and others.
Fumio Obata is an illustrator and animator whose style is influenced by both Japanese and European aesthetics. His latest graphic novel Just So Happens was critically acclaimed and has been published in eight languages.