The Mongoose -- Joana Mosi, Paperback

In a lonely house by the sea, a woman is haunted by ghosts unseen and memories unspoken.

In the aftermath of a devastating loss, Julia finds herself living with her unemployed brother Joel in their grandmother's beach house, uncertain of what comes next. Julia tries to convince her family and friends that she's doing just fine, but when her nascent garden plot is destroyed one night, Julia becomes obsessed with finding the culprit... A mongoose whose existence no one else seems to believe in.

A powerful tale of grief from one of Europe's most exciting young talents, The Mongoose is a stunning, formally-inventive graphic novel in the vein of Nick Drasno's Sabrina and Richard McGuire's Here.

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Author: Joana Mosi
Publisher: POW POW Press
Published: 10/14/2025
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.25h x 6.25w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9782925114475

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2025 pg. 62

About the Author
Joana Mosi is an award-winning visual artist and cartoonist based in Lisbon, Portugal. Born and raised close to the sea, Joana has a really hard time sitting still in one place for a long time (which is a problem when your job requires you to spend lots of time at a drawing table) so she ends up traveling a lot, participating in art residencies and comics festivals across the globe. While she's planning her next artistic endeavor, she stays fresh by teaching (and learning from) new generations of creators.