Mom's Cancer

Synopsis

A cartoonist chronicles how he and his grown siblings dealt with their mother&’s cancer diagnosis and treatment in this Eisner Award–winning graphic novel.Mom&’s Cancer is a graphic novel about one family&’s struggle with metastatic lung cancer. Honest, unflinching, and sometimes humorous, it is a look at the practical and emotional effect that serious illness can have on patients and their families. In the end, it is a story of hope—uniquely told in words and illustrations.Praise for Mom&’s CancerWinner of the 2005 Eisner Award, Best Digital Comic for the original Web versionWinner of the Harvey Award, Best New Talent &“The clean, simple comic-strip quality of Fies&’s art fits the story perfectly, highlighting the gravity of the situation while cutting away undue sentimentality. Mom&’s Cancer is a quiet, courageous account of one family's response to a universal situation.&” —Publishers Weekly &“In a suave comic-strip style rather like those of Gary Trudeau…and Berkeley Breathed . . . Fies traces the events of his mother&’s illness primarily from the perspective of her three children, including &“nurse sis&” and &“kid sis&” (adult but the youngest) as well as himself. . . . Depicting a family dependably if warily dealing, not without anger and feelings of inadequacy, with each crisis and change that cancer brings, Fies&’ book may be one of the most well-balanced contributions to the literature of coping with cancer.&” —Booklist

Copyright:

2006

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

128 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781613122419

Related ISBNs:

9780810971073

Publisher:

ABRAMS, Inc.

Date of Addition:

11/27/24

Copyrighted By:

Brian Fies

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.