Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder

Tyler shares every particular, endearing quality of. Dancing at the Pity Party: a Dead Mom Graphic Memoir, by Tyler Feder Septemin Book Reviews A loving tribute to her Maw, whom 19 year old daughter Tyler lost to ovarian cancer at age 47, this graphic memoir sensitively covers every aspect of what a daughter might think and feel throughout this awful tragedy. Young adult About the author arrowforward Tyler Feder is a. A loving tribute to her Maw, whom 19 year old daughter Tyler lost to ovarian cancer at age 47, this graphic memoir sensitively covers every aspect of what a daughter might think and feel throughout this awful tragedy. This memoir, bracingly candid and sweetly humorous, is for anyone struggling with loss who just wants someone to get it. This memoir, bracingly candid and sweetly humorous, is for anyone struggling with loss who just wants someone to get it. Dancing at the Pity Party: a Dead Mom Graphic Memoir, by Tyler Feder.

She shares the important post-death firsts, such as celebrating holidays without her mom, the utter despair of cleaning out her mom’s closet, ending old traditions and starting new ones, and the sting of having the “I’ve got to tell Mom about this” instinct and not being able to act on it. Part poignant cancer memoir and part humorous reflection on a motherless life, this debut graphic novel is extraordinarily comforting and engaging.įrom before her mother’s first oncology appointment through the stages of her cancer to the funeral, sitting shiva, and afterward, when she must try to make sense of her life as a motherless daughter, Tyler Feder tells her story in this graphic novel that is full of piercing - but also often funny - details. Family & Relationships, Sociology, Young Adult Nonfiction

Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder