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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Roberts, Keiler.     Subjects     Roberts, Keiler -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Roberts, Keiler -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Parenting -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Mother and child -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Roberts, Keiler.       by title:      The joy of quitting ...       by call number:      741.5973 R645j     Search the Web     Roberts, Keiler.     Roberts, Keiler -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Roberts, Keiler -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Parenting -- Comic books, strips, etc.     Mother and child -- Comic books, strips, etc.       MARC Display

The joy of quitting / Keiler Roberts. by Roberts, Keiler. Drawn & Quarterly, 2022. Call #: 741.5973 R645j Subjects Roberts, Keiler -- Comic books, strips, etc.   Roberts, Keiler -- Family -- Comic books, strips, etc.   Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.   Parenting -- Comic books, strips, etc.   Mother and child -- Comic books, strips, etc. ISBN:  9781770466227 (pbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  262 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes:  "This book is a collection of previously published work and includes material from Powdered Milk (2012), Miseryland (2015), Sunburning (2017), Chlorine Gardens (2018), and Rat Time (2019)."--colophon. Summary:  "Keiler Roberts affirms her status as one of the best autobiographical cartoonists working today with The Joy of Quitting, a work encompassing 8 years of hilarious moments in the author’s life, mined from the universal. It spans her frantic child-rearing, misfires in the workplace, and frustrating experiences with the medical system. In one strip, the author and her daughter Xia have itchy scalps. Roberts asks her husband to check her hair and all she gets is the cursory remark that he just sees “a bunch of bugs.” In another, Xia describes her oddly shaped poop in precise detail. We then see Xia sitting at the breakfast table telling the family that she recently learned the word “nuisance” and everyone agrees it’s a good word for her to know. As Xia grows from toddler to big kid, the family evolves and its dynamics shift in subtle ways, changes that pass all too suddenly in real life captured forever with Roberts’s keen observational humour. The Joy of Quitting is Roberts’ magnum opus of domestic comedy, highlighting how she continues to work within and expand the rich tradition of autobiographical comics. Again and again, Roberts shows us that most meaningful moments or gestures often don’t have any meaning at all."--publisher's website. Genre:  Graphic non-fiction. Comic books, strips, etc. Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Graphic Nonfiction 741.5973 R645j Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Graphic Nonfiction 741.5973 R645j Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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