Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm |
Summary |
Typing up positive-thought messages for a self-help guru isn't exactly Daphne's idea of dream job. But to regain custody of her nine-year-old son, she's willing to try. A few weeks later, when that same self-help guru asks her to take care of 100 endangered parrots, Daphne is willing to try that too. What ensues is a hilarious, heartbreaking tragicomedy involving the love of her life, the landlady from hell, three house painters, a flock of passenger pigeons and a super-sized bag of mite-killing powder. With text by acclaimed author Deb Olin Unferth and stunning illustrations by artist Elizabeth Haidle, I Parrot is not only a poignant, literary graphic novel, but also a portrait of woman who will do anything--no matter how ridiculous or revolutionary--to care for her child and find a to triumph in world where idealists and misfits rarely win. |
Subject |
Divorced mothers -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Captive parrots -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Self-realization in women -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Captive parrots. (OCoLC)fst01920959
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Divorced mothers. (OCoLC)fst00895916
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Self-realization in women. (OCoLC)fst01111914
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Genre/Form |
Comics (Graphic works)
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Graphic novels.
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Comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst01423722
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Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
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Added Author |
Haidle, Elizabeth, 1974- artist.
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ISBN |
1936787652 (paperback) |
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9781936787654 (paperback) |
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