My Cultural Diet

When Ellen returns to her home town of Victory Point, she’s beset by ambivalence concerning both her past and her future. As she meanders the coastal town’s sun-drenched streets and beaches, and visits old friends and family members, will she find some wisdom to help her determine where her life should go? Victory Point’s story is rather slight, focusing on the mundane and quotidian. As such, those expecting some big life-changing twist or revelation in Ellen’s story will be disappointed. Even so, Victory Point is worth reading if only to experience Owen Pomery’s artwork. His crisp, clean lines and beautiful colors bring Victory Point’s modernist architecture and coastal setting to life. (In this regard, I’m reminded of Seiji Yoshida’s delightful Houses with a Story.) I wish Pomery would write a sequel or two, if only so I might get to know the town of Victory Point a little bit better.

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