Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir

Dancing at the Pity Party 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5/5We understand Death only after it has placed its hands on someone we Love. - Unknown.Tyler Feder, auther of Dancing at the pity Party book illustrates about life of a teenager after mother's death because of Stage 4 Cancer.Life is not easy when you lose mother, every minute is bound with their memories. Ultimately the loss of your loved one will make you lose your life for a period. Grieving is not easy, because acceptance is impossible. Living visibly invisible life is intense.Life from mom's perspective and what if's scenarios are precious. Loss is irreplaceable!!! But Tyler does live and love her mom and memories. She cherish moms favorites and obsolutely she is Mom's fav ❤️❤️. Super cool mom's creative thinking and super and chill attitude is over the moon.Now how this story connceted to my life? 🤔 My mom survived stage 3 cancer and its sheer luck though she is strong Luck factor was high. its been 19 years she stays strong with us. I am thankful to God and all the guardian angels for giving this bonus time to spend with her. Truely I lived blank life for years looking at her and chemo treatment. If I have anxiety issues its becuase of helplessness at the age of 11.Its a beautiful book with mindful illustrations. I recommend to you all ❤️❤️

So I finished reading this book yesterday and it was just so lovely. This book is a memoir by the author Tyler Feder about her anxiety, grief, and how she was coping through her mom's sickness and death. This book is special to me because I could relate to it so much on a personal level. Losing a parent at a young age can be difficult because you are not ready for the world yet and your parent was supposed to be your guide. But then they aren't there anymore and you're lost in this big world completely alone (metaphorically). Grief for a young person can be confusing, painful, and extremely sad. 'Is it too bad to smile?' 'Why did it happen to me?' 'Is it okay to not cry anymore?', are a few of the endless questions that taunt them continuously. Also, one thing this book emphasized is that you should never put a grieving person on a pedestal because they don't need that, they just need a hug and someone to talk to. This book beautifully captures the reality of what a person undergoing cancer and their family members go through. Tyler's illustrations were beautiful and very relatable. I loved this book and I will always hold it close to my heart because this book is everything. I don't think words can describe how lovely this book is.

We don't often talk about death or dying. It scares us, the thought of death. And so, when it hits us square in the face, we are often left reeling, gasping for breath, shell shocked and with no idea how to process, how to handle our grief and the avalanche of feelings that come alongside. There is no manual for it, no Grieving 101 classes available. And this is where books like Dancing at the Pity Party fill the lacuna by giving us some perspective.Dancing at the Pity Party is a graphic memoir written ten years after her mother's death by Tyler Feder. She lost her mum to cancer when she was in college and this graphic memoir is a tribute to the fabulous person her mother was, as well as document of how she handled (and sometimes failed to handle) it.In a manner that is both poignant and funny at the same time, she takes us through her mother's life and death, its impact on herself and her family and how she has learnt to live with the irreaparable loss, with this gaping hollow in her life. Dancing at the Pity Party is raw, it's real and it's honest. It is also a book that is healing and hopeful. It doesn't romanticise grief or loss but neither does it trivialise it. A must read.

What a strange thing to be reviewing this book and assigning stars to it. It's like saying - Here are all these stars to express how much I enjoyed/commiserated/related to the artistic depiction of your mother's demise.Tyler Feder lost her mother to cancer a decade ago and she turned that experience - an awful, harrowing experience that anyone who's dealt with knows, the death of a loved one, and turned it into a pastel colored, charming, witty, and cathartic graphic memoir. Since it's written from the vantage point of a decade, I suppose that's what added to its humor because the ability to make light of crippling sadness in an offhanded manner can only come with time. But it's that very tone that was the best part of this book for me, mainly because that's how I personally deal with things too - by being able to laugh about it. And I found a kindred spirit in Tyler and this memoir.

This is one of the best graphic novels I have read . The subject dealt is so serious, still it’s dealt with subtle humour and sensitivity too. My heart goes out to Tyler on each and every page. Big hug to you Tyler 😍

Heartwarming and super authentic. Anyone who has lost their loved ones to terminal diseases will be able to relate the most. Even for those who haven't, it's a must read. A journey about the grief and whirlwind of all emotions of a sophomore when mother is diagnosed with cancer, the mother's death, and her dealing with everyday life, is so breathtaking that it makes you smile, laugh, cry, choke up and feel an array of emotions that you have not felt altogether in a while.5/5 for me. And Kudos to the illustrations. Beautifully depicted memoir in the form of a graphic novel.

This is a beautiful book by Tyler Feder. It's like I was actually peeking into someone's life, being part of the story as it is beautifully written and the illustrations are apt and beautiful beyond compare. It was a soothing read, even though it is about loss of someone really close and special. Grief is not something to be hidden, but rather share it and that's exactly why you should read this book. This is a celebration of someone so cool, fun and a very beautiful person. I love everything about this book. The cover, end pages are so pretty and the designs and illustrations will keep you going till the end.

After losing my mum recently, I guess you have too if you’re reading this, I’m sorry. I needed to hear from someone who'd been through the same thing and read something frank and honest about it. This hit the spot.

Deals with grief in a really endearing way- I loved this book- great graphics too!

I read it in one day! It's so emotional and just beautifully written. The artwork ist so lovely and personal. I cried and laughed a lot. It was a beautiful experience. I would totally recommend it to anyone, especially for people who have lost someone dear to them ❤️

I lost one of my best friends almost 3 years ago, so reading about other experiences of grief brings me some weird form of relief. This graphic novel has been one of the biggest comforts to read, the raw emotions that are described remind me how messy grieving is, for everybody that goes through it. The artwork is also very charming, and I love the colour palette throughout this book. A great read.

Poignant book, I was very moved amd yet also smiled. Sublime