{"id":1895,"date":"2023-07-27T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T01:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/?p=1895"},"modified":"2023-07-27T11:57:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T02:57:21","slug":"el%e6%9c%ac%e6%a3%9a%e7%b4%b9%e4%bb%8b79-stitches-a-memoir-by-david-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.hirosaki-u.ac.jp\/salc\/ja\/1895\/","title":{"rendered":"EL\u672c\u68da\u7d39\u4ecb(79) Stitches: A Memoir, by David Small"},"content":{"rendered":"

[Welcome to the EL Book Introductions series. These posts are all short (<180 words) introductions\/reviews of books in the EL library. They focus on telling you what we think will be interesting for you, a college student and English learner, so use them to help you find the right book for you. You can also use the <\/em>tags to find books about topics you might be interested in.]<\/em><\/p>\n

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One of the reasons why comic books and graphic novels have become popular in the United States recently is that they are a creative \u201cmedium.\u201d Instead of writing only with words, artists combine words and pictures to show how they feel. When the boy in Stitches<\/em> feels lonely and retreats into his drawing, he literally falls into his coloring book. When adults are angry and difficult to understand, they start looking a little less human, and more like monsters.<\/p>\n

Stitches<\/em> is an autobiographical story by David Small. He writes about a horrible experience he had growing up in 1950s America surrounded by homophobia (anti-LGBTQ hate), angry parents, and a life-threatening disease: cancer. David\u2019s story is a sad one, and he suffers neglect from both of his parents, who hide both his cancer from him and the terrible reason he got it. It\u2019s a mystery, it\u2019s a little weird, and it\u2019s strangely beautiful.<\/p>\n

My two cents:<\/strong> I read this book in one sitting. It\u2019s not a happy, \u201cfun\u201d story, but it really captured me.<\/p>\n

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