{"product_id":"cant-we-talk-about-something-more-pleasant-a-memoir","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\r","brand":"Roz Chast","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44440224137452,"sku":"9781632861016","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44440224170220,"sku":"9781608198061","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781632861016.jpg?v=1720223624","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/cant-we-talk-about-something-more-pleasant-a-memoir","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}