Can't we talk about something more pleasant? : a memoir
(Graphic Novel, Book)
Author
Published
New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm.
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Location | Format | Call Number | Note | Status | Due Date |
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Canon City Public Library - BIOGRAPHY | Book | B CHAST | On Shelf | ||
Dolores Public Library - NONFICTION | Book | HUMOR 741.5 CHAST | On Shelf | ||
Lamar Public Library (C426) - NONFICTION | Book | 741.56 CHAST ROZ [Graphic novel] | On Shelf | ||
Lyons Library - NONFICTION | Book | 741.5 CHA | On Shelf | ||
Nederland Community Library - BIOGRAPHY | Book | Bio Chast | On Shelf |
Location | Format | Call Number | Note | Status | Due Date |
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Berthoud Community Library District - GRAPHIC NOVEL | Graphic Novel | GRAPHIC NOVEL BIO CHAST | On Shelf |
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LC Subjects
Adult children of aging parents -- Family relationships -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Aging parents -- Care -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Cartoonists. -- United States. -- Biography. -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Chast, Roz -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels -- United States.
Memoirs.
Wit and humor, Pictorial.
Wit and humor, Pictorial.
Aging parents -- Care -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Cartoonists. -- United States. -- Biography. -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Chast, Roz -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels -- United States.
Memoirs.
Wit and humor, Pictorial.
Wit and humor, Pictorial.
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Format
Graphic Novel, Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Subtitle from cover.
Description
In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through a mixture of cartoons, family photos, documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. When it came to her elderly mother and father, Roz held to the practices of denial, avoidance, and distraction. But when Elizabeth Chast climbed a ladder to locate an old souvenir from the "crazy closet"--with predictable results--the tools that had served Roz well through her parents' seventies, eighties, and into their early nineties could no longer be deployed. While the particulars are Chast-ian in their idiosyncrasies--an anxious father who had relied heavily on his wife for stability as he slipped into dementia and a former assistant principal mother whose overbearing personality had sidelined Roz for decades--the themes are universal: adult children accepting a parental role; aging and unstable parents leaving a family home for an institution; dealing with uncomfortable physical intimacies; managing logistics; and hiring strangers to provide the most personal care.
Awards
Awards: New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award | Winner | Nonfiction | 2014 - 2014 ; New England Book Award | Winner | Nonfiction | 2014 - 2014 ; National Book Awards | Finalist | Nonfiction | 2014 - 2014 ; Kirkus Prize | Winner | Nonfiction | 2014 - 2014 ; L.A. Times Book Prize | Finalist | Graphic Novel | 2014 - 2014 ; National Book Critics Circle Award | Finalist | Auto/Biography | 2014 - 2014 ; Books for a Better Life | Winner | Inspirational Memoir | 2015 - 2015 ; Indies Choice Book Awards | Finalist | Nonfiction | 2015 - 2015
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Chast, R. (2014). Can't we talk about something more pleasant?: a memoir (First U.S. edition.). Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chast, Roz. 2014. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir. Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chast, Roz. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir Bloomsbury, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chast, Roz. Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir First U.S. edition., Bloomsbury, 2014.
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