Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
by Roz Chast
Hardcover- $13.29

#1 New York Times Bestseller

2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

In her first memoir, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast brings her signature wit ...

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  "Hardback too expensive;Couldn\\\'t read it on Kindle" by LaboratoryDiane (see profile) 08/15/14

Graphic novel that chronicles daughter\\\'s struggle with elderly parents. Good insight into the very important issues most of us will face, so a tough read in some respects but humor also there. Only available in hardback when we chose it and expensive. Not good enough until it hits paperback to consider. DO NOT buy on Kindle. Cartoons too hard to read and can\\\'t be enlarged the way text can (at least on my device),

 
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  "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?" by drbeth (see profile) 08/18/14

This graphic novel relates the author's experience dealing with her aging parents. The writer did not have a good relationship with her parents for many years and she felt that they were a burden to her when they required her assistance as their health failed.. The illustrations conveyed frustration and perhaps some guilt but certainly not love and tenderness for her parents.

 
  "Can\\\'t We Talk About Something Pleasant?" by juliemyszko (see profile) 01/12/15

This is a memoir that is very creatively written and illustrated. Although there were obviously some serious issues she had with her parents, the author uses humor to help make reading about it more palatable. Don\\\'t let the fact that this is an illustrated book fool you - there are some honest emotions that the author has put out there that would lend itself well to discussion.

 
  "Honest and Funny memoir" by Kerrinhp (see profile) 11/18/17

This is a honest, but funny memoir of how the author dealt with her aging parents. The art work is fantastic.

 
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