How to talk to your parents about home care — without saying a word.

Roz Chasts’ graphic memoir, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, is more than a brilliant bestseller — it’s also an icebreaker for tough conversations with aging parents.

Not sure how to broach the subject of home care with your aging parents or older loved ones? Or perhaps you’ve already tried — many times — and your attempts at merging safety in the home with reality have fallen on deaf ears. (Or ears stuffed with large, soft puffs of denial!) Either way, now you can bring up the topic of home care without saying a word.

Roz Chast’s bestselling graphic memoir, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? published in 2014 (Bloomsbury), says just about everything for you.

In this unflinchingly honest collection of cartoons about her parents’ late-life challenges (both lived into their nineties), Chast shows and tells how difficult life can be for everyone at this stage, especially without enough discussion and planning. Fortunately, Chast does this with her usual scalpel-sharp wit, dark humor, and distinctive crude, scratchy illustrations.

Chast, a New Yorker cartoonist since 1978, did what most artists do when processing painful emotions — she drew and wrote about it. The result is an award-winning, #1 New York Times Bestseller — part love story, part confessional, all cautionary tale. It’s brave, brilliant, insightful, and an accidental gift to every adult child with an aging parent.

You’ve probably heard about this book already, read an excerpt, or even own it. But you may not have considered it as a way to send a loving message.

As you read, add your own personalized sticky notes. Then wrap as a gift for your parents.

Here’s all you have to do.

1. Get your hands on a copy of Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?.
2. Read it yourself with a pad of sticky notes and a pen.
3. Add your own witty, loving notes where appropriate.
4. Wrap and present to your parents as a holiday gift.
5. Hope for the best!

Okay, full disclosure. You may have to say a few words to persuade your parents to get the help they need. But first get them reading Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?. It’s not just a nice gift for the holidays, it’s also a thoughtful icebreaker to an important conversation every family should have — sooner rather than later.

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