David Small's Stitches: A Memoir

This book, classified as Young Adult literature was my first foray into the graphic novel. For those of you above the age of twenty five and who have no exposure to the culture of young people today, I'll briefly explain. A graphic novel is a story written in form like a comic book.

Stitches: A Memoir is the author's vivid recount of his dysfunctional childhood including a bout with cancer that his parents didn't even tell him he had. Like his childhood, the words are few and far between. However, the images tell a story stronger than words.

I will read this again, probably multiple times - before I return it to the library. I look forward to further discovery and discussion when class finally meets.