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Dancing at the pity party : a dead mom graphic memoir / [text, art, lettering] by Tyler Feder.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Dial Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 201 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780525553021
  • 0525553029
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
YA Book YA Book Dr. James Carlson Library YA Graphic Novel 362.175 F293 Available 33111009819059
YA Book YA Book Main Library YA Graphic Novel 362.175 F293 Available 33111009638558
Total holds: 0

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.

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