Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir

In Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, cartoonist Roz Chast transforms the universal dread of aging parents into a disarmingly funny and painfully honest graphic memoir. Published by Bloomsbury in 2016, this single-volume work chronicles her elderly parents' decline with a blend of neurotic warmth and unflinching detail, capturing the bureaucratic absurdities and emotional weight of adult children navigating end-of-life care. Chast, a longtime New Yorker contributor, brings her signature anxious, expressive linework to a story that resonates far beyond its personal origins, making it a landmark in the genre of autobiographical comics.