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Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? : A Memoir

by Roz Chast
₱300.15
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? : A Memoir - Thryft
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? : A Memoir - Thryft

Comic relief for those experiencing loss of elderly parents.

"Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?" is a heartwarming yet humorous memoir on aging parents and dealing with loss. Roz Chast's signature wit is on full display as she tells the story of her parents' final years through art, photos, and narratives. Its universal themes of accepting parental roles, dealing with logistics, and managing personal care make it relatable and comforting to those who have faced similar situations.

  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2014)
  • Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Nominee for Best Reality-Based Work (2015)
  • NAIBA Book of the Year for Nonfiction (2014)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2014)
  • Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction (2014)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Graphic Novels & Comics (2014)
  • Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? : A Memoir

by Roz Chast
₱300.15
ISBN: 9781608198061
Authors: Roz Chast
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Date of Publication: 2014-05-06
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Biography, Biography Memoir, Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.15
(rated by 30040 readers)

Description

#1 New York Times Bestseller2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTIn 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 four-color cartoons, family photos, and 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.An amazing portrait of two lives at their end and an only child coping as best she can, Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant will show the full range of Roz Chast's talent as cartoonist and storyteller.
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Comic relief for those experiencing loss of elderly parents.

"Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?" is a heartwarming yet humorous memoir on aging parents and dealing with loss. Roz Chast's signature wit is on full display as she tells the story of her parents' final years through art, photos, and narratives. Its universal themes of accepting parental roles, dealing with logistics, and managing personal care make it relatable and comforting to those who have faced similar situations.

  • National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2014)
  • Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Nominee for Best Reality-Based Work (2015)
  • NAIBA Book of the Year for Nonfiction (2014)
  • National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction (2014)
  • Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction (2014)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Graphic Novels & Comics (2014)
  • Thurber Prize Nominee for American Humor (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.