The Property by Rutu Modan

​   A feisty grandma takes her granddaughter to Poland, ostensibly to reclaim some property taken from her family during WWII. Once they get there, though, grandma starts acting suspicious enough to make her granddaughter question her real motivation for being there. The property is a strong motivator as financial gains are wont to be and so there’s a considerable amount of intrigue around it, but at the center of all of this is really a love story of long ago.
    I’ve never heard of this author; our library randomly acquired three of Modan’s books and I decided to try one and I’m very glad I did. I really enjoyed both the story and the art. The latter was surprisingly expressive despite some cartoonish features and vividly colored. The former with a different author might have easily gone the way of a maudlin tearjerker, but here it maintained an excellent emotional authenticity and ably avoided sinking into convenient clichés.
    All in all, a very enjoyable read. I’m very pleased to have discovered this author and I’m looking forward to reading more of her work. Recommended.