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Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?

By Roz Chast

A graphic memoir for the New Yorker set; funny, sad, enlightening, & touching, Chast is a triple threat: illustrator, writer & truth teller. This time she writes about her parents & her care for them in the last stages of their lives.

After 11 years of not going home again, Chast visits her parents (George & Elizabeth) when they’re well into their 90s. The Brooklyn apartment they’ve inhabited for the last 40 years is as broken down as their bodies… Chast begins to visit more often & eventually moves her parents to an assisted living facility close to her in Connecticut.

Chast draws & writes of looking after a domineering mother & a meek father, watching them deteriorate before her eyes. She deals with George & Elizabeth’s many falls, dementia, annoying habits & lots & lots of paperwork.

This work is a beautiful expression of the daughter/parent relationship, warts & all. Chast’s parents die two years apart, and CAN’T WE TALK… is a poignant telling of care, sacrifice, and letting go.

Order it here: http://www.semcoop.com/book/9781608198061