Book Review: Stitches: A Memoir by David Small

Stitches: A Memoir

by David Small (Biography Small)

 

Small tells the story of his life beginning at age 6 when an operation and medical treatment drastically changed his life. Takes place in Detroit and highlights relationships with family that include an angry frustrated father, and a supremely unhappy mom who runs the home with severity and silence. Illustrations are amazing and contribute and offer insight into the psyche of Small as a young boy through adolescence in dealing with traumatic events of his life.

 

Best audience for this is probably adults — those who like stories, medical topics, biographies/memoirs, family relationships, and wonderful illustrations.

 

( official Stitches: A Memoir page on the official David Small web site )

 

This was one of dozens of Graphic Novel reviews submitted by library staff during our 2022 In-Service Training day on 9/23, all collected on A Day Full of Graphic Novels

 

See the earlier review of Stiches by former Library Director Pat Leach in her Firefly blog in December 2009

 

Recommended by Brenda E.
Gere and South Branch Libraries

 

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