Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781608198061 (1608198065)
ASIN: 1608198065
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
This is one of the most heartwarming books I've read in the last few years. Witty and emotional at times, Roz Chasts illustrates the life with 90-something parents and the wait for "the beginning of the journey."
It’s rare the people talk about the stage of life in which they exchange roles with their parents. This is surprising given how common it is for people to live into their eighties, nineties, or even hit the 100 year mark. In Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast shares the experienc...
Saw this on display at my library and grabbed it for my sister, who loves comics and nonfiction. She read it while I was in Wisconsin and I just finished it. Outstanding book. Funny and sad and dear god, are all immigrant parents the alike in the same depressing ways? Also, the title is a line m...
Maybe the real sign of me being old is that I now love Roz Chast, when I used to find her cartoons merely kind of funny. But really I think it's that when she gets to spread out to book length format, her writing and comics really shine. She doesn't have to stuff it all in one box. (Also: I'm old be...
Maybe the real sign of me being old is that I now love Roz Chast, when I used to find her cartoons merely kind of funny. But really I think it's that when she gets to spread out to book length format, her writing and comics really shine. She doesn't have to stuff it all in one box. (Also: I'm old be...