Can't we talk about something more pleasant? : a memoir
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"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 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. 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" --
Available copies
- 30 of 32 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
1 current hold with 32 total copies.Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
Barcode | Status / Due Date |
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Harrison Public Library | BIO CHAST (Text) Biography |
31010300023522 |
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Hendrick Hudson Free Library | B CHAST (Text) Biography |
31016151442455 |
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Irvington Public Library | GN BIO CHAST, R (Text) Graphic Book |
31012154157455 |
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John C. Hart Memorial Library | B CHAST (Text) Biography |
31030154149082 |
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Katonah Village Library | GRAPHIC CHAST (Text) Graphic Book |
31013151564388 |
Available - |
Larchmont Public Library | B CHAST (Text) Graphic Book |
31014152181206 |
Checked out 04/13/2024 |
Lewisboro Library | BIOGRAPHY CHAST (Text) Biography |
31032151216385 |
Available - |
Mamaroneck Public Library District | GN B CHAST (Text) Graphic Book |
31015151986420 |
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Mount Pleasant Public Library | GRAPHIC BIO CHAST (Text) Graphic Book |
31024153042356 |
Checked out 05/11/2024 |
Mount Vernon Public Library | B CHAST (Text) Biography |
31018154708163 |
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