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001			on1405365833
003			OCoLC
005			20240328100253.0
008			231022s2024 nyua 6 000 0aeng d
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040			_aYDX _beng _erda _cYDX _dBDX _dOCLCO _dMJ8 _dOCLCO _dGL7 _dGZD _dOCLCO _dNFG
020			_a9781615199051 _q(soft cover)
020			_a1615199055 _q(soft cover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1405365833
092			_aDORRANCE _bD716
049			_aNFGA
100	0		_aDorrance, _eauthor, _eartist.
245	1	0	_aPolar vortex : _ba family memoir / _cDenise Dorrance.
250			_a[Revised edition].
264		1	_aNew York : _bThe Experiment, _c[2024]
264		4	_c©2024
300			_a245 pages : _billustrations (some color) ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published in the United Kingdom by New River Books. First published in North America in revised form by the Experiment, LLC.
520			_a"For fans of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, a poignant, stirring graphic memoir--both heartbreaking and darkly funny--that perfectly captures the grief, nostalgia, and chaos of traveling home to care for an elderly parent in crisis" - _cPublisher's description.
520			_aWhat do you do when your mother can't remember who you are? You catch the first flight from your adopted home of London to your original hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she's hospitalized, injured, and struggling with the swirling disorientation of dementia. You take responsibility for finding her new (and, perhaps, final) home--although insurance is running out and you might have to finally patch up your bitter relationship with your sister. And you try not to think about death, lurking around every corner... or the coming polar vortex, growing closer and closer as snowflakes swirl ever faster outside. With cinematic illustrations and moving yet humorous prose, award-winning author and cartoonist Denise Dorrance shares the two most haywire months of her life: the phone call after her mother is discovered lying confused on the living room floor, the mingled shock and familiarity of a harsh Midwestern midwinter, the attempt to settle her homesick mother into a care facility, the limiting and limitless inanities of the US health care system, and the impossible decisions about what comes next. Incorporating vintage postcards, photographs, and letters, Dorrance brilliantly captures the sadness, frustration, and gallows humor of suddenly having to care for an aging parent and facing the moment of transition between life as you've long known it and life as it must become. - _cProvided by publisher.
600	0	0	_aDorrance _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aCartoonists _zUnited States _vBiography _vComic books, strips, etc. _9206390
650		0	_aAdult children of aging parents _zUnited States _vBiography _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aDementia _xPatients _xFamily relationships _vComic books, strips, etc.
650		0	_aAging parents _xCare _zUnited States _vComic books, strips, etc. _9245365
650		0	_aMothers and daughters _vComic books, strips, etc. _9132526
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
655		7	_aNonfiction comics. _2lcgft _9295862
655		7	_aAutobiographical comics. _2lcgft _9268907
655		7	_aGraphic novels. _2lcgft _9205
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c382846 _d382846