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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.