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Kate christensen, penfaulkner awardwinning author of the great man every artist must come from somewhere. It was the only donald duck film to win an academy award. Kentucky native kayla whitaker is touring with her debut novel the animators and will be making a stop in louisville this month the 33yearold western kentucky university graduate wrote. A decade later, sharon and mel are an awardwinning animation duo, living and working in. The animators by kayal whitaker the courierjournal. Sharon and mel meet in a college art class and immediately become best friends. In her breakout novel about two female animators, kayla rae whitaker depicts the drudgery of smalltown life tied to the often heartbreaking reality that belonging is sometimes more about a state of mind than a location. The animators is a heartbreakingly beautiful, sharply funny, arrestingly unforgettable novel about love and genius, the powerful obsessiveness of artistic creation, and the equally powerful undertow of the past. That this powerful exploration of friendship, desire, ambition, and secrets manages to be ebullient, gripping, heartbreaking, and deeply deeply funny is a testament to kayla rae whitakers formidable gifts. That this powerful exploration of friendship, desire, ambition, and secrets manages to be ebullient, gripping, heartbreaking, and deeply. Download free the animators book in pdf and epub free download. About the animators a wildly original novel that pulses with heart and truth. It encompasses the entirety of mel and sharons partnership from its origins to its resting place. Kayla rae whitaker writes like her head is on fire.
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She writes her way into pain, rising anger, old regret. Whitakers debut novel, the animators, explores the complexities of female friendships, selfidentity, and success in the maledominated field of animation. Updating the theme of how artists turn personal pain into art, whitakers outstanding debut. Best friends and artistic partners since the first.
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