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Feb 02, 2024
"Middle-age kids, aged parents, and all the uncomfortableness of changing roles and responsibilities. A heavy topic dealt with humor, cartoons, and honesty. The storytelling and cartooning are a tribute from a child to their parents about…
Aug 01, 2023SCL_Heather rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This graphic memoir tells the deeply personal and poignant story of author Roz Chast's experience as she deals with her aging parents, their decline in health, and their eventual passing. Chast doesn't shy away from sharing her own…
Feb 27, 2023MsMae1441 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Funny/sad open reality of caretaking elderly parents.
Feb 21, 2023mbuoso rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Absolutely brilliant. A milestone in everybody's life (death of parents) is portrayed with humour, love and insightfulness. You will relate to Chast's descriptions of her parents, laugh about their surreal conversations, and nod…
Jan 16, 2022annekearns07 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A memoir about her parents' final years and the struggle and emotions that came along with it, this book is both humorous and heartbreaking. Roz Chast is one of my favorite cartoonists because her style portrays such wit and cleverness.…
Jun 30, 2021si64530 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Titled as a Memoir, this interesting, entertaining and somewhat heart-wrenching book describes the author’s journey of caregiving and loving through the waning years of her elderly parents’ lives. Roz Chast is a cartoonist and the book is…
Mar 27, 2021khristinemarcinowski rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I have no words for how much I fell in love with Roz Chast. As a caregiver who's worked with elderly in nursing homes and private homes, I appreciate the realistic reality of the painful process and transitioning your parents from their…
Dec 02, 2020Frenzii rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book hits very close to home for my current situation. I appreciate how the author discusses her full range of emotions; even the ones we often don't talk about. A very good quick read.
Aug 24, 2020ryner rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
With punch-to-the-gut honesty and humor, Roz Chast, a professional cartoonist and illustrator, documents her experiences with her aging parents from her initial observations of grime buildup in their New York apartment, through their slow…
Aug 18, 2020JCLHeatherM rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Heavy, but full of humor, Chast recalls her final years with her parents and all of the emotional baggage between them.
Nov 12, 2019TheresaAJ rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Roz Chast, the well-known New Yorker cartoonist, applies her trade to this graphic novel memoir that chronicles the old age and death of her parents, George and Elizabeth. An only child born to parents in their 40s, Roz was never totally…
Sep 19, 2019STPL_JessH rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Can we talk about how amazing this graphic novel is?! I LOVE it! I am still recommending it to anyone willing to read it. I really admire the way Chast is able to make me laugh out loud in a tale that is too often tragic and too often…
Jun 28, 2019ArapahoeIrinaB rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This is a tough one. Rather painful memoir of aging, unstable and very sick parents. The author is torn between irritation and love, desperately trying to solve continuous endless problems of all kinds - from financial to personal hygiene.…
May 16, 2019Groszerita rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I can't stop recommending this book! It's so full of laugh out loud and teary eyed moments! It's for adults who have aging parents.
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Apr 25, 2019bonpar rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Terrific book! I wasn't sure I would like it because of it's format, but I loved it. The content is terrific, very realistic and relatable. I've been through this life stage and thought the book would be very sad, but it is humorous and…
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Jan 03, 2019LoganLib_JennyI rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Roz Chast is a fine contemporary cartoonist. I laughed and cried during this story. Chast writes and draws this memoir about caring and making decisions for her own aging parents in a soul bearing and relatable way. Chast makes fun of her…
Dec 10, 2018alcad rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
As someone who has recently been on a binge of the graphic memoir genre, this might be my favorite yet. One of the only books in recent memory that actually had me crying and laughing out loud. For whatever reason I initially thought I…
Dec 07, 2018BritCrimeDramaFan rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Found Chast's style funny, yet touching, and certainly touched a nerve in all of us who have cared for aging parents and are aging ourselves. Caricatures are simple, but with her New Yorker pedigree, lend credence to her biography of her…
Nov 28, 2018SurreyLibraries_Reads rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Many of us in our `middle ages` are dealing with aging parents in various stages of decline. Roz Chast, the writer and New Yorker cartoonist, uses the graphic novel format to document her journey through this challenging time in her…
Sep 08, 2018abbi_g rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this memoir! Roz Chast's story about how her parents dealt with old age made this graphic novel worth reading. One thing that this story brought to mind is the fact that none of us can choose who our parents are.
Jul 03, 2018elizabeth88_1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
My mom is going through the exact same thing with her parents, only my grandma is the one with dementia, and my grandpa is the one who's health is failing! Unlike Ms. Chast, she lives in California, and they live in Michigan, so my aunt…
Jun 25, 2018
Nothing pleasant about this book. Written by an only daughter that wants to whine about her childhood and parents. She moved out and didn't visit for 10 years. She comments on the grime in there apartment. Where was she when grime was…
May 30, 2018JCLStefanieE rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Somehow Chast makes it fun to read about a very serious and avoided subject - aging and dying parents. An important true story in graphic novel format. Larger written text makes it easy for large print readers to enjoy too.
Apr 30, 2018cknightkc rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I must confess it was with some skepticism I approached CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? It was my first graphic novel, one I had to read for book group, and I didn’t know what to expect. I shouldn’t have had doubts. From the…
Apr 10, 2018VaughanPLDaniela rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Laugh-out-loud hilarious, heartbreaking, raw and relatable, I couldn't put it down. There's something about this memoir that really speaks to the soul in all its layers.