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Author: Elizabeth Swados
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Imprint: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.225kg
ISBN: 9781609806040
ISBN 10: 1609806042
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 21 April 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
A startling, honest ... surprisingly charming, funny, and poignant illustrated memoir. --Time Out New York You wouldn't think a memoir about clinical depression would be inspiring--but Swados, a musician and theater director, relates her battle against her demons with such candor and simplicity, and with such winsome illustrations, that it's empowering. Swados lifts the stigma to help the reader find solutions, and hope. --Reader's Digest Elizabeth Swados is blessed with ferocious intelligence, artistic vision, and courage in this insightful book. She deploys these gifts to take us on a highly original journey of understanding. -Jane Pauley
A startling, honest . . . surprisingly charming, funny, and poignant illustrated memoir. -- Time Out New York You wouldn't think a memoir about clinical depression would be inspiring--but Swados, a musician and theater director, relates her battle against her demons with such candor and simplicity, and with such winsome illustrations, that it's empowering. Swados lifts the stigma to help the reader find solutions, and hope. -- Reader's Digest Read more: http: //www.rd.com/slideshows/graphic-novels-for-adults/#ixzz32HsRopmL From the Hardcover edition.
A startling, honest . . . surprisingly charming, funny, and poignant illustrated memoir. -- Time Out New York You wouldn't think a memoir about clinical depression would be inspiring--but Swados, a musician and theater director, relates her battle against her demons with such candor and simplicity, and with such winsome illustrations, that it's empowering. Swados lifts the stigma to help the reader find solutions, and hope. -- Reader's Digest Read more: http: //www.rd.com/slideshows/graphic-novels-for-adults/#ixzz32HsRopmL From the Hardcover edition.
A startling, honest . . . surprisingly charming, funny, and poignant illustrated memoir. --Time Out New York You wouldn't think a memoir about clinical depression would be inspiring--but Swados, a musician and theater director, relates her battle against her demons with such candor and simplicity, and with such winsome illustrations, that it's empowering. Swados lifts the stigma to help the reader find solutions, and hope. --Reader's Digest Read more: http: //www.rd.com/slideshows/graphic-novels-for-adults/#ixzz32HsRopmL
Author Information
Musical artist ELIZABETH SWADOS is the author of twelve children's books, four novels, two collections of poetry, a collection of short non-fiction, and two books on creating musical theater for young people. Perhaps best known for her Broadway and international hit Runaways, she has composed, written, and directed theater for over thirty years. Her works for theater include the Obie Award-winning Trilogy and Alice at the Palace. Swados also teaches full time in the drama department of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has taught at The New School's Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts as a visiting artist. Her articles have been published in the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, and Vogue. Her other accolades include three Obie Awards, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Ford Fellowship, Helen Hayes Award, Lila Acheson Wallace award, and a Special International PEN Citation.
