Expecting Dave to shy away from her artistic challenge, Dorfman's prejudices against plastic surgery were shattered when he happily sent her an illustration of his day spent working on patients with skin cancer. Dorfman reveals that when she first met future love interest and plastic surgeon Dave, when housesitting one summer in Halifax, she had already decided she wouldn't like him because it bothered her 'that his job was to operate on perfectly healthy people in an attempt to make them 'beautiful.' ' But after finding herself irresistibly drawn back to their summer romance, the author suggested the two cultivate a long-distance relationship by sending each other handmade postcards. The striking cover art, featuring a vivid, digitally rendered cartoonlike self-portrait of the author in profile-her nose prominently depicted with ruler lines-leaves little mystery as to the source of the Toronto native's inner turmoil. Originally brought to life as a time-lapse film, Canadian animator Dorfman's memoir excels at tugging at the heartstrings as she shares key aspects of her being. “ not something that you want to get rid of, especially as a creative person.(starred review) Illustrated lessons in self-acceptance.

“I think I uncovered layers that weren’t quite as apparent in the film,” she says.

I keep my options open'” – In the Globe and Mail ‘I do drawings, paintings, make film and write.

“‘I’ve always resisted labels,’ she adds by way of explanation.

“ Flawed serves up a charming, funny and keenly observant look at aesthetic insecurities and the variety of perspectives and opinions surrounding the mass concept of beauty” – In Exclaim!.

“Bold, funny, and brimming with emotional intelligence: a charming debut” – In Kirkus Reviews.

She teaches occasionally at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Dorfman lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with her boyfriend, his children, and a cat.

Her video poem collaboration with poet Tanya Davis, How to Be Alone, has garnered more than eight million views on Facebook and was published in 2013.

Flawed, adapted from the Emmy-nominated film of the same name, is Dorfman’s first book. Andrea Dorfman is an award-winning animator, filmmaker, cinematographer, and artist.

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