When Language Fails Kiddos let's face it

let's face it

where they stay in an itsy-bitsy apartment

and Emily's fate is sealed

a translator and publisher based in Brooklyn

Higa's characters are supremely well-developed for such short vignettes

When Language Fails Kiddos let's face itBy Colin O' Mahoney & Mari Rolin. Self Published. Softcover, 32 pages, Colour, 2023. When Language Fails is the story of Adele and Sarah, two estranged sisters who are thrown together on the outbreak of a strange, unknowable war. They must try and repair their relationship, figuring why they have grown apart, and what went wrong, all while trying to survive the war that has erupted on their doorstep. When Language Fails is about growing up, not