{"product_id":"special-exits-paperback-by-joyce-farmer","title":"Special Exits Paperback by Joyce Farmer","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eFantagraphics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2014-08-03)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e208\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781606997604\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this semi-autobiographic novel, which chronicles the decline in health and welfare of an older couple, Joyce Farmer makes the case for elder care reform; now in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the vein of Alison Bechdel or Harvey Pekar, Joyce Farmer’s memoir chronicles the decline of the author’s parents’ health, their relationship with one another and with their daughter, and how they cope with the day-to-day emotional fragility of the most taxing time of their lives. Set in southern Los Angeles (which makes for a terrifying sequence as blind Rachel and ailing Lars are trapped in their home without power during the 1992 Rodney King riots), Farmer details the slow, inexorable decline in Lars’ and Rachel’s health, and perfectly captures the timbre of the exchanges between a long-married couple: the affectionate bickering; their gallows humor; their querulousness as their bodies break down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoyce Farmer\u003c\/b\u003e co-created the series \u003ci\u003eTits \u0026amp; Clits Comix\u003c\/i\u003e (1972-1987), long beloved by comic lovers and more recently by feminists. She has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eWimmen's Comix\u003c\/i\u003e (1975-1987), \u003ci\u003eWet Satin\u003c\/i\u003e (1976-1978), \u003ci\u003eZeroZero\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eWhat Right\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eNo Straight Lines\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eBest American Comics\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eGraphic Reproduction\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eDrawing Power \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), and \u003ci\u003eMenopause\u003c\/i\u003e (2020). Farmer documented her parents' aging in the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eSpecial Exits\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), for which she won Reuben and Inkpot awards and was nominated for the Eisner. That book has been translated into five languages. She lives in Laguna Beach, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556067725473,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781606997604","price":30.39,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781606997604.jpg?v=1781804615","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/special-exits-paperback-by-joyce-farmer","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}