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"Stories told in comic strips aren't generally intended to be book-length narratives, but, on occasion, a story rises above the rest of the work and marks itself as something special. [Roses in December] is one of those stories." - from the PrefaceSince its debut in 1987, Crankshaft has engendered reader loyalty and affection with its wry wit, engaging storylines, and identifiable characters. Created by Tom Batiuk and drawn by Chuck Ayers, the strip offers plenty of humor but also tackles serious issues like adult literacy, school violence, and the challenges of aging.Roses in December is a touching collection of two Crankshaft storylines of characters who find themselves dealing with the incurable condition of Alzheimer's disease. First, Ed Crankshaft's best friend Ralph is confronted with the trauma of his wife Helen's worsening Alzheimer's. He never knows if the love of his life will recognize him on those days that he visits her at Sunny Days Nursing Home. Ralph and Helen's love story unfolds with humor and heartbreak.In the second story arc, Crankshaft's neighbor Lucy McKenzie also exhibits symptoms of Alzheimer's and eventually is moved to Sunny Days Nursing Home by her sister Lillian. The fourteenyear struggles of Lucy, Helen, and their loved ones are elegantly told, preserving their dignity and reminding us that sometimes a sense of humor can be our greatest possession during life's trials.Through the deceptively simple medium of the daily comic strip, Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers address the profound effects of Alzheimer's disease in a thoughtful and occasionally humorous way. Roses in December includes a resource guide for caregivers, patients, and practitioners.

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Publié par	The Kent State University Press
Date de parution	01 juin 2015
Nombre de lectures	2
EAN13	9781631011825
Langue	English

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Roses in December
LITERATURE AND MEDICINE
Michael Blackie, Editor • Carol Donley and Martin Kohn, Founding Editors
1 Literature and Aging: An Anthology
Edited by Martin Kohn, Carol Donley, and Delese Wear
2 The Tyranny of the Normal: An Anthology
Edited by Carol Donley and Sheryl Buckley
3 What’s Normal? Narratives of Mental and Emotional Disorders
Edited by Carol Donley and Sheryl Buckley
4 Recognitions: Doctors and Their Stories
Edited by Carol Donley and Martin Kohn
5 Chekhov’s Doctors: A Collection of Chekhov’s Medical Tales
Edited by Jack Coulehan
6 Tenderly Lift Me: Nurses Honored, Celebrated, and Remembered
Jeanne Bryner
7 The Poetry of Nursing: Poems and Commentaries of Leading Nurse-Poets
Edited by Judy Schaefer
8 Our Human Hearts: A Medical and Cultural Journey
Albert Howard Carter III
9 Fourteen Stories: Doctors, Patients, and Other Strangers
Jay Baruch
10 Stories of Illness and Healing: Women Write Their Bodies
Edited by Sayantani Dasgupta and Marsha Hurst
11 Wider than the Sky: Essays and Meditations on the Healing Power of Emily Dickinson
Edited by Cindy Mackenzie and Barbara Dana
12 Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe
Tom Batiuk
13 Bodies and Barriers: Dramas of Dis-Ease
Edited by Angela Belli
14 The Spirit of the Place: A Novel
Samuel Shem
15 Return to The House of God: Medical Resident Education 1978–2008
Edited by Martin Kohn and Carol Donley
16 The Heart’s Truth: Essays on the Art of Nursing
Cortney Davis
17 Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose about Alzheimer’s Disease
Edited by Holly J. Hughes
18 The Country Doctor Revisited: A Twenty-First Century Reader
Edited by Therese Zink
19 The Widows’ Handbook: Poetic Reflections on Grief and Survival
Edited by Jacqueline Lapidus and Lise Menn
20 When the Nurse Becomes a Patient: A Story in Words and Images
Cortney Davis
21 What’s Left Out
Jay Baruch
22 Roses in December: A Story of Love and Alzheimer’s
Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers
Roses in December
A Story of Love and Alzheimer’s
Tom Batiuk
Chuck Ayers
The Kent State University Press Kent, Ohio
Crankshaft strips and “Preface” copyright © 2015 by Mediagraphics, Inc.
“Foreword” and “Guide to Resources” copyright © 2015 by The Kent State University Press
All rights reserved
ISBN 978-1-60635-264-9 (cloth)
ISBN 978-1-60635-234-2 (pbk.)
Manufactured in Korea
Cataloging information for this title is available at the Library of Congress.
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For those who live with a shadow across their minds
“… God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.”
— J. M. BARRIE
Contents
Foreword by Peter V. Rabins
Preface
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Epilogue
Guide to Resources

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