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Mom's Cancer

Published by
ABRAMS Comic Arts
Description

A cartoonist chronicles how he and his grown siblings dealt with their mother’s cancer diagnosis and treatment in this Eisner Award–winning graphic novel.Mom’s Cancer is a graphic novel about one family’s struggle with metastatic lung cancer. Honest, unflinching, and sometimes humorous, it is a look at the practical and emotional effect that serious illness can have on patients and their families. In the end, it is a story of hope—uniquely told in words and illustrations.Praise for Mom’s CancerWinner of the 2005 Eisner Award, Best Digital Comic for the original Web versionWinner of the Harvey Award, Best New Talent “The clean, simple comic-strip quality of Fies’s art fits the story perfectly, highlighting the gravity of the situation whi...

Releases in
English
Imprint
ABRAMS Comic Arts
Theme
Family Humor Medical Science
Audience
Teenagers (13-18)
Adults (18+)
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autobiography brain tumor cancer CGN007010 CGN007040 comics conditions coping diseases family fitness graphic novels HEA039030 health honest illness lung cancer medical medicine memoir metastasized metastatic nature nonfiction science siblings treatment
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A cartoonist chronicles how he and his grown siblings dealt with their mother’s cancer diagnosis and treatment in this Eisner Award–winning graphic novel.Mom’s Cancer is a graphic novel about one family’s struggle with metastatic lung cancer. Honest, unflinching, and sometimes humorous, it is a look at the practical and emotional effect that serious illness can have on patients and their families. In the end, it is a story of hope—uniquely told in words and illustrations.Praise for Mom’s CancerWinner of the 2005 Eisner Award, Best Digital Comic for the original Web versionWinner of the Harvey Award, Best New Talent “The clean, simple comic-strip quality of Fies’s art fits the story perfectly, highlighting the gravity of the situation whi...

Releases in
English
Published by
ABRAMS Comic Arts
Imprint
ABRAMS Comic Arts
Theme
Family Humor Medical Science
Audience
Teenagers (13-18)
Adults (18+)
Art Style
Western Comics
Tags
autobiography brain tumor cancer CGN007010 CGN007040 comics conditions coping diseases family fitness graphic novels HEA039030 health honest illness lung cancer medical medicine memoir metastasized metastatic nature nonfiction science siblings treatment
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