Polar Vortex: A Family Memoir [Paperback]

With gallows humor, visual ingenuity, and a whole lot of heart, Dorrance chronicles the two chilling months she returned home to care for her ailing motherwhile a literal polar vortex looms in the background. Deftly balances touching moments with the absurd complexities of the American healthcare system  and even the occasional conversation with Death. A poignant and touching memoir. Facing difficult realities with humor and hope, this story is sure to stick with readers long after it is over. A poignant, heartbreaking, and darkly funny graphic memoir that perfectly captures the grief, nostalgia, and chaos of caring for an elderly, dementia-impaired parent in crisis. A pitch-perfect piece of workfrank and self-critical narration, incorporating photos and postcards, dread-drenched pacing, and beautifully limpid blue-gray/russet art. . . . Dorrances gorgeous, plaintive story speaks to those caring for aging parents and realizing they must eventually prepare for their own exits. A lyrical read-alike for Gentle lines, soft color palette, and quippy narration bring a sense of comfort and familiarity to the bittersweet story of family, memory, and the inevitability of loss. Dorrance demystifies the challenges of elder care with this sensitive snapshot of the many ways in which memory shapes family history. Raw, funny, heartbreaking and brilliantly simple: Like all great art,? Dorrances upbeat, airy linework packs an unsuspecting emotional wallop. . . . A delicately drawn, unconventional chronicle of loss. Unsparingly honest and with an eye that refuses to waver, Denise Dorrances graphic novel? Dorrance creatively conveys the challenges of caring for an aging parent, interspersing humor with wrenching moments and effectively incorporating photos, letters, and postcards into the illustrations of this poignant memoir. An?honest, affecting graphic memoir about a messy series of compromises and reconciliations accompanying end-of-life caregiving. Moments of lighlã