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And now I spill the family secrets : an illustrated memoir / Margaret Kimball.
"In 1988, when Kimball is only four years old, her mother attempts suicide on Mother's Day--and this becomes one of many things Kimball's family never speaks about. As she searches for answers nearly thirty years later, Kimball embarks on a thrilling visual journey into the secrets her family has kept for decades. Using old diary entries, hospital records, home videos, and other archives, Margaret pieces together a narrative map of her childhood--her mother's bipolar disorder, her grandmother's institutionalization, and her brother's increasing struggles--in an attempt to understand what no one likes to talk about: the fractures in her family. Both a coming-of-age story about family dysfunction and a reflection on mental health, AND NOW I SPILL THE FAMILY SECRETS is funny, poignant, and deeply inspiring in its portrayal of what drives a family apart and what keeps them together." -- Amazon.com.
"A beautifully illustrated memoir and empathetic investigation into a family's history with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, and one woman's quest to find healing among what remains"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063007444
- ISBN: 0063007444
- Physical Description: 275 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Map on lining papers. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The secret, Cheshire, CT, divulged in 2003 -- The trip home (I), Hartford, CT, 2016 -- The videos, Indianapolis, IN, 2017 -- The event, Glastonbury, CT, 1988 -- The year, Glastonbury, CT, 1988 -- The history, Greenwich, CT, 1959, etc. -- The silence, Connecticut, 1971, 1994 -- The proposal, Glastonbury, CT, 1994 -- The wedding, Woodbury, CT, 1994 -- The custody battles, Glastonbury, CT, '95-6 -- The baby, Glastonbury, CT, 1996 -- The move, Cheshire, CT, 1997 -- The blue house, Cheshire, CT, 1997-2000 -- The dinner party, Glastonbury, CT, 2001 -- The divorce, Cheshire, CT, 2001 -- The long weekend, Danville, KY, 2014 -- The trip home (II), Hartford, CT, 2016 -- The birthday, Groton, CT, 2016 -- The interview, Brooklyn, NY, 2019 -- The epilogue, Connecticut, etc., 2020. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. Biographical comics. Nonfiction comics. Comics (Graphic works) Graphic novels. |
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And Now I Spill the Family Secrets : An Illustrated Memoir
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And Now I Spill the Family Secrets : An Illustrated Memoir
Named one of Publishers Weekly's Best of 2021 List in Comics. 2021 Top of the List Graphic Novel Pick In the spirit of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and Roz Chast's Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant, Margaret Kimball's AND NOW I SPILL THE FAMILY SECRETS begins in the aftermath of a tragedy. In 1988, when Kimball is only four years old, her mother attempts suicide on Mother's Day--and this becomes one of many things Kimball's family never speaks about. As she searches for answers nearly thirty years later, Kimball embarks on a thrilling visual journey into the secrets her family has kept for decades. Using old diary entries, hospital records, home videos, and other archives, Margaret pieces together a narrative map of her childhood--her mother's bipolar disorder, her grandmother's institutionalization, and her brother's increasing struggles--in an attempt to understand what no one likes to talk about: the fractures in her family. Both a coming-of-age story about family dysfunction and a reflection on mental health, AND NOW I SPILL THE FAMILY SECRETS is funny, poignant, and deeply inspiring in its portrayal of what drives a family apart and what keeps them together.
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