Special Exits: A Memoir

By Joyce Farmer

Book Overview

Chronicles the decline of the author's parents' health and how they cope with the day-to-day emotional fragility of the most taxing time of their elderly lives. Elderly parents Lars and Rachel, who have enjoyed a long and loving married life together, are rendered in fine, confident pen lines. Set in southern Los Angeles, backgrounds and props are lovingly detailed: these objects serve as memory triggers for Lars and Rachel, even as they eventually overwhelm them and their home - which the couple is loathe to leave.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160699381X
• ISBN13: 9781606993811
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 13 to 16 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 11