Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? - by Roz Chast

This is a heartwarming and hilarious graphic memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever cared for aging parents.

Roz Chast's Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant is a poignant and humorous account of her parents' final years, told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents.

The book follows the last several years of their lives, from Elizabeth Chast climbing a ladder to find an old souvenir from the "crazy closet" to Roz's father slipping into dementia.

This memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents.

With her signature wit, Chast explores universal themes such as adult children accepting a parental role, aging parents leaving their family home for an institution, dealing with uncomfortable physical intimacies, managing logistics, and hiring strangers to provide the most personal care.

This is an amazing portrait of two lives at their end and an only child coping as best she can.

Don't miss out on this touching and humorous account of Roz Chast's experience with her parents.