{"id":4143,"date":"2016-05-26T20:55:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T20:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4143"},"modified":"2016-05-26T20:55:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T20:55:27","slug":"displacement-by-lucy-knisley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4143","title":{"rendered":"Displacement by Lucy Knisley"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4159\" style=\"width: 147px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catalog.uhls.org\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1606173\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4159\" src=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Displacement-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"Displacement\" width=\"147\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Displacement-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Displacement.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2191 Reserve a copy \u2191<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similar to <em>Can&#8217;t We Talk About Something More Pleasant<\/em> by Roz Chast &#8211; but better!\u00a0 Lucy Knisley&#8217;s graphic novel memoir of her Caribbean cruise\u00a0also addresses the difficulties of aging, but is less depressing.\u00a0 Lucy is a young &#8220;poor, single, obsessive freelancer&#8221; who gets the opportunity to accompany her grandparents on a trip.\u00a0 Her &#8220;grands&#8221; are in their 90s, so\u00a0her help will be invaluable.\u00a0 This is also\u00a0an opportunity for her to spend more time getting to know them better.\u00a0 She has a copy of her grandfather&#8217;s writings\u00a0about WWII, which are interspersed with the modern-day story.\u00a0\u00a0Nothing seems to go well on this trip.\u00a0 This is one of the best of the new adult graphic novels with both humor and sadness.\u00a0\u00a0The illustration is lovely.\u00a0 A great read!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Similar to Can&#8217;t We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Roz Chast &#8211; but better!\u00a0 Lucy Knisley&#8217;s graphic novel memoir of her Caribbean cruise\u00a0also addresses the difficulties of aging, but is less depressing.\u00a0 Lucy is a young &#8220;poor, single, obsessive freelancer&#8221; who gets the opportunity to accompany her grandparents on a trip.\u00a0 Her &#8220;grands&#8221; are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/?p=4143\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Displacement by Lucy Knisley<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-fiction","category-reviewed-by-barbara-h"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}