A review by mcfox5455
Stitches by David Small

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
This memoir is almost surreal in how dysfunctional the authors family is. Such a horrific, traumatic experience and the way small depicts it is deeply moving. The shift between more cartoony and grotesque images help shift the tone for the few more light-hearted moments. Im surprised at the ending both in how small maintains contact with his family and also how quickly he goes through the later years. Theres so much left out from his later teen years that we’ll never get to know. It sounds like he broke the cycle of bad parenting, or at least i hope so. 
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