I bought this book during a surge of heady, forbidden bibliolust. I could hardly help myself. I had traveled to San Francisco to shop at independent bookstores, and there it was, all thick and shiny and red and prominently displayed at Dog Eared Books on Valencia. I had to have it, and the budget be damned!

I adore Ellen "Horney" Forney, so karma was telling me on no uncertain terms that I was supposed to whip out the magic plastic and support her career in the arts right then and there.

If you haven't had the pleasure of reading her book of cartoons "I Was Seven in Seventy-Five," don't spare yourself, o gentle reader, go out and get yourself a copy. Shop at Green Apple Books if you get the chance.

Surprised by people and their desires -- this graphic novel opened my eyes to a world I did not know was out there. It's fun to read with girlfriends, drinks and lots of laughing.