Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? TPB (2016 Bloomsbury) comic books 2015-2017

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1st printing. Story and art by Roz Chast. 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. While the particulars are Chast-ian in their idiosyncrasies 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. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, full color. Cover price $19.00.