The Late Child and Other Animals #1

The Late Child and Other Animals — Fantagraphics

Issue: #1

Hetty survives the bombing of Portsmouth by the Nazis in World War II, only to learn that her soldier husband — with whom she was in the process of adopting a young daughter — has been killed on the way back home from North Africa. She must then complete the adoption alone. A decade later, she gives birth to a bastard daughter, Marguerite. Now Hetty must go before a tribunal to prove that she is a...

Creators: James Romberger, Marguerite Van Cook