Special Exits

Special Exits

In this semi-autobiographic novel, which chronicles the decline in health and welfare of an older couple, Joyce Farmer makes the case for elder care reform; now in paperback.
In the vein of Alison Bechdel or Harvey Pekar, Joyce Farmerâ€™s memoir chronicles the decline of the authorâ€™s parentsâ€™ health, their relationship with one another and with their daughter, and how they cope with the day-to-day emotional fragility of the most taxing time of their lives. Set in southern Los Angeles (which makes for a terrifying sequence as blind Rachel and ailing Lars are trapped in their home without power during the 1992 Rodney King riots), Farmer details the slow, inexorable decline in Larsâ€™ and Rachelâ€™s health, and perfectly captures the timbre of the exchanges between a long-married couple: the affectionate bickering; their gallows humor; their querulousness as their bodies break down. Black & white
Country USA
Brand Fantagraphics Books
Manufacturer Fantagraphics
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber chiefly illustrations (black and white)
ReleaseDate 2014-08-03
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781606997604

Country	USA
Brand	Fantagraphics Books
Manufacturer	Fantagraphics
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	chiefly illustrations (black and white)
ReleaseDate	2014-08-03
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781606997604

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