{"product_id":"things-to-do-in-a-retirement-home-trailer-park-when-youre-29-and-unemployed-9780271071121","title":"Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this graphic novel, the author documents his reconciliation with his father, dying of emphysema, as he cares for him in hospice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In the end, a serious joy pervades \u003ci\u003eThings to Do\u003c\/i\u003e. In my decades of reading the hospice and palliative care literature, I cannot think of a single book that would be a better companion for family members beginning on this particular work of caring. The book is equally valuable for homecare health workers, whom Wright depicts as vivid characters, each doing his or her work with dedication and expertise.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Arthur W. Frank \u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This original and devastating memoir of love and loss illustrates the value of hospice and presents caring for others as a sort of tragicomic ‘Olympic sport.’ Highly valuable for those facing illness in the family, caregivers, and anyone aspiring to live with empathy.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—starred review \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Aneurin Wright's debut graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eThings to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park . . . When You're 29 and Unemployed,\u003c\/i\u003e is a shape-shifting chimera stuffed between book covers; a comic that explains the nuances of emphysema and elder care, a meta-meditation on death, loss and coping mechanisms, a tale of father-and-son reconciliation in which the father is a curmudgeonly rhino and the son a headstrong—and totally ripped—spectacle-wearing Minotaur. It's all at once heart-breakingly sad, visually arresting and, for anyone who has helped a parent navigate the end-of-life process, strangely comforting.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Adam Tschorn \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A powerful debut with a deeply resonant story about living with the seemingly impossible.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wright gives mythical resonance to the gritty everyday realities, memories, and charged fantasies he depicts, not the least of which is the strained relationship between father and son.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The inventive symbolism never overwhelms the emotional honesty grounding this compelling memoir, which also contributes to the burgeoning field of ‘graphic medicine’ by exploring in both frank and funny terms the complex impact of illness and death on a family.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Paul Gravett \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A work of unflinching reality and subtle beauty. . . . The graphic novel Aneurin Wright has created is beautifully illustrated and poetic in its phrasing. The ellipses are perfectly balanced with what he calls the ‘golden moments,’ the beats telling the story. With such a deft touch and the ability to soak so many complex emotions into each page, Wright’s \u003ci\u003eThings to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park\u003c\/i\u003e deserves a place next to the richest memoirs as well as the most vibrant fantasies.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Gavin Ritchie \u003ci\u003eArts Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThings to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply powerful, emotive, and ultimately redemptive tale of responsibility and maturation. Simultaneously heartbreaking and healing, it demands to be read by anyone with older relatives—and all care workers. Ironically, Nye Wright’s ‘funny animal’ story reminds us, once again, of what it means to be human.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Tim Pilcher,coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Essential Guide to World Comics\u003c\/i\u003e and chair of the Comic Book Alliance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nye Wright is a once-in-a-generation talent whose storytelling has the perfect mix of smarts and heart. There have been a lot of big ‘serious’ works in the graphic novel form of late, but nothing matches the big heart of \u003ci\u003eThings to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park\u003c\/i\u003e. It’s a fantastic, inspiring work that will touch everyone who reads it. Wright is one to watch.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Chip Mosher,editor of the Eisner Award–winning graphic novel \u003ci\u003eI Thought You Would Be Funnier\u003c\/i\u003e by Shannon Wheeler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There’s what you expect from a graphic novel and then there’s what Nye Wright has delivered. Instead of good versus evil or superheroes saving the world, \u003ci\u003eThings to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park \u003c\/i\u003einspires the comic form to attack themes of mortality, free will, and responsibility. It is a gut-wrenchingly brave revelation that will endure because of the epic originality Wright achieves in his portrait of a family dealing with the most universal of all issues.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Judd Trichter,author of \u003ci\u003eLove in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Heartbreaking, gorgeous, with the kind of depth only a son could bring to the story of a dying father, Nye Wright manages to merge the pathos of Art Spiegelman's \u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e with the modern world of end-of-life care in America. A triumph!”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Charles Wachter,executive producer, \u003ci\u003eKing of the Nerds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400795070807,"sku":"9780271071121","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/things-to-do-in-a-retirement-home-trailer-park-when-youre-29-and-unemployed-9780271071121","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}