ISBN10: 1608198065, ISBN13: 9781608198061, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc] Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
[Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2014]

ISBN10: 1608198065, ISBN13: 9781608198061, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. #1 New York Times Bestseller 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST In her first memoir, New Yorker 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. 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. An amazing ...
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Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, Date: 2014. Hardcover. New. 240 pages. 9.75x8.00x1.00 inches. 2014. Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA ISBN 1608198065 9781608198061 [GB]

ISBN10: 1608198065, ISBN13: 9781608198061, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, New York] Hardcover Hardcover. #1 New York Times Bestseller 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST In her first memoir, New Yorker 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. 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. An amazing ...
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Blooomsbury, Date: 2014. First edition. Hardcover. New/No dust jacket as issued. Signed in person by Roz Chast directly on the title page. Not signed to anyone. Photos of Roz Chast at her book signing event will be included with the signed book. 1st edition, Later printing. Hardcover. Book is NEW and UNREAD, opened only for signing. No marks, no inscription. Not a book club edition, not an ex-library. No dust jacket as isssued. Pictorial board covers. This is a beautiful autographed book. Makes a great gift. 2014. Blooomsbury ISBN 1608198065 9781608198061 [US]