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
- 31 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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| Ardsley Public Library | GRAPHIC BIO CHAST (Text) Graphic Book |
31000151057976 |
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| Bedford Free Library | B CHAST (Text) Biography |
31002150639085 |
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| Briarcliff Manor Public Library | B CHAST (Text) Biography |
31036150669692 |
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| Bronxville Public Library | B CHAST (Text) Biography |
31004151384356 |
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| Chappaqua Library | ADULT GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY CHAST (Text) Graphic Book |
31005154303962 |
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| Chappaqua Library | BIOGRAPHY CHAST, ROZ (Text) Biography |
31005154289997 |
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| Croton Free Library | GRAPHIC/B CHAST (Text) Graphic Book |
31006151423027 |
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| Dobbs Ferry Public Library | B CHAST (Text) Biography |
31007151138458 |
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| Eastchester Public Library | B CHAST (Text) Biography |
31008151962046 |
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| Greenburgh Public Library | GN B CHAST (Text) Graphic Book |
31009154133130 |
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