Craig Thompson

From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes long-awaited new graphic memoir. Ginseng Roots follows Craig and his siblings, who spent the summers of their youth weeding and harves ing rows of coveted American ginseng on rural Wisconsin farms. Following an injury, Craig rediscovers this herb, central to Chinese medicine, and embarks on an extraordinary journey from his midwestern roots to north-east China.
Suffused in a vibrant, earthy palette, Ginseng Roots masterfully blends memoir, travelogue and cultural historyto explore and illuminate ideas of creativi y, doubt, healing and family.