Through one hundred striking images and text, Germaine's Daughter depicts the poignant story of three generations shaped by war — the Holocaust, and severe mental illness. A daughter fights to find her own path while bound to her mother's suffering.

The daughter asks:  How did Germaine survive The War? What she uncovers surprises her — about Parisian political meetings and a passionate affair, about Nazi Europe and lost relatives.

The author asks:  What transforms suffering into a life of meaning and beauty?

This graphic novel is both intimate and universal—a story of trauma, love, and the power to move from the darkness to the light.

Lydia Kann is an artist, writer, and psychotherapist who often integrates prose into her visual art. Her artwork tells stories, is widely exhibited in Los Angeles and New England, and published in literary journals. Bicoastal since childhood, Lydia lived in Western Massachusetts for many years, recently returning to L.A. to fulfill her lifelong dream of waking to the sound of the sea. www.LydiaKann.com, @lydiakannart

“Bridging the personal and the political with unapologetic intimacy, what we witness is not illustration — it’s revelation.... The deep roots of art historical stylizations in the paintings recall the seminal work of artists from Edward Munch and Kathe Kollwitz to Art Spiegelman and Leon Golub...” — Shana Nys Dambrot, art critic, curator, author, from Afterword of Germaine's Daughter

"I've read dozens—perhaps hundreds—of novels and memoirs and accounts of the pogroms and the Holocaust. Few carry the strong simplicity of Germaine's Daughter, the sense of delving deep into the author's pain, memories, and research while never letting go of the thread of how suffering can transform into hope and beauty." —Ellen Meeropol, author, from book review in Mom Egg Review:https://merliterary.com/book-reviews/

"Through her illustrations and prose, Lydia Kann lights a pathway through the unpredictable calamities of love and war. We are left with hope, the most unpredictable emotion of all." — Jacqueline Sheehan, New York Times bestselling author

"I was deeply moved by Lydia Kann's evocative graphic novel, Germaine's Daughter... Drawn in a style reminiscent of artists and storytellers like Edvard Munch, Renée French, and Charlotte Salomon... It will be an impressive, unusual, and most welcome addition to the genre of second- generation Holocaust literature." — Tahneer Oksman, Professor, author of How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?

"The novel is graced with Lydia's powerfully evocative drawings and pitch perfect narrative... A testament to the power of resilience and familial love, I found it a stunning reminder of my life experience, and an inspiration." — Robert Meeropol, author of An Execution in the Family, son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, both executed by the U.S. Government when he was six years old.