Through the lens of Lyla—a sharp, insightful twenty-something navigating relationships, generational trauma, and the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic—Casey O’Connell captures the universal ache of longing, loneliness, and experiencing small joys. Elevated by Eric Aguilar’s haunting artwork, this 36-page "graphic journal" invites readers to explore questions of love, identity, and resilience in a world transformed.

In the spirit of graphic memoirs like Blankets and It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, In Quiet Spaces is a poignant blend of intimate confessions and poetic musings.

Both gut-wrenching and hopeful, In Quiet Spaces lingers long after the final page.