Things to do in a retirement home trailer park : when you're 29 and unemployed /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wright, Aneurin.
Imprint:	Brighton, UK : Myriad Editions, 2012.
Description:	306 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Fathers and sons -- Comic books, strips, etc. Retirement communities -- Comic books, strips, etc. Fathers and sons. Retirement communities. Medicine -- Comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels. Comic books, strips, etc. Graphic novels.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8933162

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ISBN:	9781908434104 1908434104 9781908434098 1908434090
Summary:	A tour-de-force and eight years in the making, this is a powerful, superbly-drawn and deeply moving portrait of a young man coming to terms with his dying father, and with his own life, as he takes care of the old man in his final months. You're 29, able-bodied and unemployed. You've got ambitions as an artist, but no prospects. No problem. Move into a retirement home trailer park with your 68 year old father who's recently been inducted into a local hospice program. Become the chief, 24 hour career. Add a pinch of salt, and stir. Simmer for 8 years.

Table of Contents:

Part I. Arriving : Prologue ; Counting pills ; Learning about hospice ; Clearing customs ; Mobility ; Resection ; Caretaking ; Secretarial work ; Housecalls, pt. 1 ; Reconciliation, pt. 1 ; (Mis)communication ; Vengeance ; Interlude
Part II. Settling in : Visitor ; Falling ; Bathtime ; Swimming ; Renting ; Housecalls, pt. 2 ; The wagon ; Reconciliation, pt. 2 ; If ; Fathers & sons ; Interlude
Part III. Moving on : Needs ; Housecalls, pt. 3 ; Housecalls, pt. 3 ; Interlude ; Reconciliation, pt. 3 ; Yes ; Neighbors ; Nomenclature ; Void ; Packing bags ; Road trip ; Drawing ; Postscript.

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