Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
An alphabet of things to avoid, Do Not Want showcases the fears, phobias, and anxieties that occupy the fertile imagination of Roz Chast.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN-13
- 9781620406380
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Aging parentsFamily relationshipsDeath and dying
Awards
- Kirkus Prize for NonfictionWon(2014)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(2014)
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