Girl In Shades by Allison Baggio; designed by David A. Gee (ECW Press)
It has become a bit of a cliché to place an image of a woman, hair lifted by the breeze and head turned away, on a cover geared to the all-important women’s market. Which is a shame: like most clichés, it is the overuse of a good idea that makes it feel tired. David Gee has played with this visual trope and imbued it with fresh meaning by repeating the image to reflect a story told during two time periods in one woman’s life. I love the simple, confident type treatment for the title as well. – Ingrid Paulson
