{"product_id":"cant-we-talk-about-something-more-pleasant","title":"Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn her first memoir, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn amazing portrait of two lives at their end and an only child coping as best she can, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCan't We Talk about Something More Pleasant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e shows the full range of Roz Chast's talent as cartoonist and storyteller.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44535246618933,"sku":"9781608198061","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/3030\/9430\/products\/1632861011.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500.jpg?v=1677440309","url":"https:\/\/shop.floatingworldcomics.com\/products\/cant-we-talk-about-something-more-pleasant","provider":"Floating World Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}