Karina Shor‘s Silence, Full Stop is a breathtaking and gut-wrenchingly real graphic memoir of the struggles of an adolescent girl processing the trauma of childhood sexual assault.

An immigrant at the age of six, she arrived in a strange new world. Karina was labeled “different” immediately, and a desire to be invisible was born. The “different” label expanded to “weird” and “freak”, terms that she fervently embraced. By taking society’s critique, owning it, and taking pride in it, she gained power over it. In a life overshadowed by fear, Karina wanted control. If something was going to ruin her life it would be her and her alone.

Karina Shor is an illustrator, a cartoonist, and a teaching artist. She grew up in a small town outside of Tel Aviv, Israel, after she immigrated from the former Soviet Union. She received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, and now lives between Brooklyn, New York and Tel Aviv, Israel.

Silence, Full Stop is out November 28 from Street Noise Books. You can check out an exclusive excerpt below!