Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt With Family Addiction

By Jarrett Krosoczka

A raw graphic memoir, author-illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka depicts his complex upbringing - including a search for his father, difficult interactions with his heroin-addicted mother, and day-to-day life with his grandparents. Illustrations–ample in gray, burnt orange, and earth tones–conjure the feeling of vague memories.


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