![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Knowing that you’re reading a real letter from a mother struggling with addiction to the son she never gets to see is extremely powerful. At the end of the book, Krosoczka explains in a note that all of the letters and artwork, with two exceptions, are actual artifacts from his life. ![]() What I really loved about this book is how much of it is real. Graphic memoirs are always my favorite, and this is another excellent addition to the genre. Krosoczka uses his art to tell his story and help himself heal.Ī graphic memoir is an incredible way for an artist to tell his own story because the reader is immersed in his words and his images. The book gracefully tackles addiction and abandonment, and as a social worker, this book really hit home for me and reminded me of the people I work with. Krosoczka concisely and quickly tells the story of his childhood and adolescence and what it was like to grow up with his grandparents instead of his parents. The memoir is subtitled How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction, which sums up the book pretty nicely. Krosoczka, is a graphic memoir about Krosoczka’s life. ![]()
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