TY  - BOOK
AU  - Skelly,Katie
TI  - Maids
SN  - 9781683963684
AV  - PN 
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Seattle, Washington
PB  - Fantagraphics Books Inc.
KW  - Papin, Christine,
KW  - Papin, Léa,
KW  - Murder
KW  - France
KW  - Le Mans
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Women murderers
KW  - Women household employees
KW  - Graphic novels
KW  - lcgft
KW  - True crime comics
KW  - Biographical comics
KW  - Historical comics
KW  - Nonfiction comics
KW  - Comics (Graphic works)
N2  - "Christine Papin, an overworked live-in maid, is reunited with her younger sister, Lea, who has also been hired by the wealthy Lancelin family. They make the estate's beds, scrub the floors, and spy on the domestic strife that routinely occurs within its walls. What starts as petty theft by the maids -- who are flashing back to their tumultuous time in a convent -- shortly turns into something more nefarious. Madame Lancelin's increasingly unhinged abuse ignites the sisters' toxic upbringing and social class exploitation and explodes into a ghastly double murder, an event that shocked and fascinated 1930s France and beyond. Maids has high bravura and high intrigue, all drawn in Skelly's highly stylized manner, which combines the best of pop art, manga, and Eurocomics. Full-color illustrations throughout."--Amazon
ER  -