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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Diane Aziz drives her oldest son, Walter, from Los Angeles to Berkeley to begin college, it is her last parental act before falling into a deep depression. A single mother who maintains a wishful belief that her children can attain all the things she has not, Diane has worked hard to secure their future in caste-driven LA and finagled them spots in an affluent public school. But when she's admitted to a state hospital, it falls to her closest...
2) The parakeet
Author
Publisher
Graphic Mundi, an imprint of The Pennsylvania State University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An account in graphic novel format, based on the author's own experiences, of a boy coping with his mother's suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, showing how mental illness can both tear families apart and reaffirm the bonds of love"--
3) Mama's days
Author
Publisher
Reycraft Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Some days Mama is bright like the yellow part of a rainbow. Other days, Mama is flat like the scratched surface of our wooden table. So I tell Mama a story . . . " A young girl spins a tale about a misunderstood dragon as she navigates her way through her mother's unpredictable emotions." --Book jacket.
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ephemera is a poetic and dreamlike take on a graphic memoir set in a garden, a forest, and a greenhouse. The story drifts among a grown woman, her early memories as a child, and the gossamer existence of her mother. A lyrical entry in the field of graphic medicine, Ephemera is a story about a daughter trying to relate to a parent who struggles with mental illness." --Publisher's website.
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