Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
"For as long as Elizabeth can remember, she has watched her father trail after her mother, kissing her multiple times a day and holding her hand. She watched her mother smooth the lines in her father's face and pay attention to his every move, even when she was desperate for some time to herself. When her parents began to age, Elizabeth and her siblings are placed in the difficult position of taking over more and more supportive roles and tasks. They...
2) The habit
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this fresh, funny, utterly irresistible memoir, Susan Morse offers readers a look at a mother-daughter relationship that is both universal and unique."--back cover.
Author
Language
English
Appears on these lists
[Lasell] Graphic Works Display
[Lasell] Graphic Works Master List
National Book Critics Circle Awards
New England Book Awards
[Lasell] Graphic Works Master List
National Book Critics Circle Awards
New England Book Awards
Formats
Description
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 a mixture of cartoons, family photos, 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,...
Similar Searches
These searches are similar to the search you tried. Would you like to try one of these instead?
Didn't find it?
Didn't find it in the Minuteman Library Network? Request it from other Massachusetts library systems.
Can't find what you are looking for? Recommend it to your local library as a future purchase. Suggest a Purchase