And now I spill the family secrets : an illustrated memoir / Margaret Kimball.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Edition: First editionDescription: 275 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780063007444
- 0063007444
- Kimball, Margaret (Illustrator) -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Mentally ill -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Mentally ill -- Family relationships -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Manic-depressive illness -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Schizophrenia -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Mental illness -- Genetic aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Graphic Novel | 616.89 K49 | Available | 33111010505903 |
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Named one of Publishers Weekly's Best of 2021 List in Comics.
2021 Top of the List Graphic Novel Pick
In the spirit of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Roz Chast's Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant, Margaret Kimball's AND NOW I SPILL THE FAMILY SECRETS begins in the aftermath of a tragedy.
In 1988, when Kimball is only four years old, her mother attempts suicide on Mother's Day--and this becomes one of many things Kimball's family never speaks about. As she searches for answers nearly thirty years later, Kimball embarks on a thrilling visual journey into the secrets her family has kept for decades.
Using old diary entries, hospital records, home videos, and other archives, Margaret pieces together a narrative map of her childhood--her mother's bipolar disorder, her grandmother's institutionalization, and her brother's increasing struggles--in an attempt to understand what no one likes to talk about: the fractures in her family.
Both a coming-of-age story about family dysfunction and a reflection on mental health, AND NOW I SPILL THE FAMILY SECRETS is funny, poignant, and deeply inspiring in its portrayal of what drives a family apart and what keeps them together.
Map on lining papers.
"A beautifully illustrated memoir and empathetic investigation into a family's history with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and one woman's quest to find healing among what remains"-- Provided by publisher.