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Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir
Tyler Feder
Illustrator: Tyler Feder
Ages: 14+
Published: 2020
Publisher: Dial BFYR/Penguin
ISBN: 978-0-525-55302-1
Keywords: Parental death, cancer, memory
Feder describes her grief at the death of her mother when she was a 19-year-old college freshman. Colorful, hand-lettered illustrations.