I cannot remember how I
found out about this absolutely fantastic graphic book - Can't We talk about
something more pleasant? - by Roz
Chast
Until recently I wasn't
even conscious of this genre of books at all.
It is graphic in the sense that the author handwrites the words and includes
hand drawn pictures – but I mostly certainly wouldn't class it as a comic book.
Roz Chast is fantastically talented.
This book is a memoir of the last years of her parents lives - but it
most certainly isn't all gloom and doom.
To me it was an honest appraisal of the challenges of dealing with
elderly parents with a wry understanding of the foibles both of the parents and
of herself as a daughter.
I enjoyed this book immensely. One
of the best of the year, if not decade!
I hope the pics give you a taste for the book.
I've given graphic novels a pass up until now, but this is one I might actually pick up.
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