Dancing at the pity party : a dead mom graphic memoir / [text, art, lettering] by Tyler Feder.
Material type:![Text](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/BK.png)
- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780525553021
- 0525553029
- Feder, Tyler -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Feder, Tyler -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Children of cancer patients -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Children of cancer patients -- United States -- Biography
- Mothers and daughters -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Terminally ill parents -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Death -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Grief -- Comic books, strips, etc
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | YA Graphic Novel | 362.175 F293 | Available | 33111009819059 | ||||
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Main Library | YA Graphic Novel | 362.175 F293 | Available | 33111009638558 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Part poignant cancer memoir and part humorous reflection on a motherless life, this debut graphic novel is extraordinarily comforting and engaging.
From before her mother's first oncology appointment through the stages of her cancer to the funeral, sitting shiva, and afterward, when she must try to make sense of her life as a motherless daughter, Tyler Feder tells her story in this graphic novel that is full of piercing--but also often funny--details. She shares the important post-death firsts, such as celebrating holidays without her mom, the utter despair of cleaning out her mom's closet, ending old traditions and starting new ones, and the sting of having the "I've got to tell Mom about this" instinct and not being able to act on it. This memoir, bracingly candid and sweetly humorous, is for anyone struggling with loss who just wants someone to get it .
Maw -- Uh-oh -- Compartmentalization -- The worst day -- Making arrangements -- The death circus, part 1 -- The death circus, part 2 -- The new normal -- The good, the bad, and the awkward (but mostly the bad, if we're really being honest) -- Motherless 4ever -- Afterword: A whole bunch of photos.
"Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir."-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 12 and up. Dial Books for Young Readers.
Grades 7-9. Dial Books for Young Readers.