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A Cartoonist's Funny, Heartbreaking Take On Caring For Aging Parents

Fresh Air
Published December 30, 2014 at 1:38 PM EST

In Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Roz Chast combines text, cartoons, sketches and photos to describe her interactions with her parents during the last years of their lives.

Originally broadcast May 8.

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