{"product_id":"cant-we-talk-about-something-more-pleasant-a-memoir-9781632861016","title":"Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2014 National Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the inaugural 2014 Kirkus Prize in nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2014 Books for a Better Life Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015 Reuben Award from National Cartoonists Society\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling award-winning graphic memoir by \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ecartoonist Roz Chast about her parents' final years, now with the author's celebrated new epilogue.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her first memoir, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e cartoonist 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile 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; and hiring strangers to provide the most personal care. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn amazing portrait of two lives at their end and an only child coping as best she can, \u003ci\u003eCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant\u003c\/i\u003e shows the full range of Roz Chast's talent as cartoonist and storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-59734\"\u003eRoz Chast\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781632861016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1632861011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-CGN\"\u003eComics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-CGN007010\"\u003eNonfiction | Biography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoz Chast\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Brooklyn. Her cartoons began appearing in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e in 1978, where she has since published more than one thousand. She wrote and illustrated the #1 NYT bestseller (100+ weeks) \u003ci\u003eCan't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Critics Circle Award and Kirkus Prize winner and finalist for the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eWhat I Hate: From A to Z\u003c\/i\u003e; and her cartoon collections \u003ci\u003eThe Party\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAfter You Left\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTheories of Everything\u003c\/i\u003e. She was awarded the Harvey Award Hall of Fame Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380341403787,"sku":"9781632861016","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_58415237-917c-4c2a-ab15-9fe1366c7f31.jpg?v=1760541006","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/cant-we-talk-about-something-more-pleasant-a-memoir-9781632861016","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}