Can't we talk about something more pleasant? : a memoir / Roz Chast.
| Author/creator | Chast, Roz author, illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First U.S. edition. |
| Publication | New York : Bloomsbury, 2014. |
| Copyright Date | ©2014 |
| Description | 228 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The beginning of the end -- Return to the fold -- The elder lawyer -- Galapagos -- The fall -- Maimonides -- Sundowning -- The end of an era -- The move -- The old apartment -- The place -- The next step -- Kleenex abounding -- Postmortem -- Elizabeth, alone -- Bedtime stories -- Chrysalis -- The end. |
| Abstract | 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. |
| General note | Subtitle from cover. |
| Genre/form | Wit and humor, Pictorial. |
| Genre/form | Comic books, strips, etc. |
| ISBN | 9781608198061 |
| ISBN | 1608198065 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | NC1429 .C525 A2 2014 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |