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...[T]he book [transforms from] a chronicle of the humorous-in-retrospect hardships she faced into a sort of meditation on aging, of life as a whole thing incorporating past as well as present and Knisley's family story. ... Despite the many travails she faced on her travels, it ends up being a pretty positive experience for all involved...including, of course, the reader.--J. Caleb Mozzocco

Knisley is extraordinarily talented at journal comics, with clean-line, attractive figures and a good eye for summing up moments in scattered illustrations. The overall message, that caretaking for others is an incredibly difficult, exhausting task, should not be surprising, but Knisley s well-selected details brings it home in sympathetic pain, fatigue, and loneliness. It s horrific but important. --Johanna Draper Carlson

In her fourth book, Lucy Knisley deftly conveys the frustration of managing her ailing 'grands' during a maritime excursion, inducing pangs of recognition in any reader who s been around the decaying bodies and psyches of loved ones. What really sets the book apart, however, is Knisley s sparing artwork: Her unhurried lines and gentle watercolors create a show-don t-tell buffet of melancholy.--Abraham Riesman The 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2015

Knisley has a great eye for what makes travel fun: what s different, what's delicious, cool museums, cute kitties, history, even the strange inconveniences. --Gene Ambaum

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Lucy Knisley is a cartoonist and occasional puppeteer, ukulele player, and food/travel writer living in Chicago, IL. She is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Center for Cartoon Studies.

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