Billy, Me & You: A Memoir of Grief and Recovery

di Dr Nicola Streeten (Autore)

Myriad Editions, 2007

Nicola Streeten's little boy, Billy, was two years old when he died following heart surgery for problems diagnosed only a few days earlier. Ten years later, Streeten revisited her diaries and notebooks made at the time: this wonderfully vibrant narrative recounts how she and her partner recovered. Gut-wrenchingly sad at times, her graphic memoir is an unforgettable portrayal of trauma and our reaction to it - and, especially, the humour or absurdity so often involved in our responses. As Streeten's story unfolds and we follow her and her partner's heroic efforts to cope with well-meaning friends and day-to-day realities, we begin to understand what she means by her aim to create a 'dead baby story that is funny'. Streeten is the first British woman to have published a graphic memoir.

• Autore: Dr Nicola Streeten
• Editore: Myriad Editions
• Anno: 2007
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 208 p.
• Dimensioni: 230 x 152 mm
• EAN: 9780956559944

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