Stitches: A Memoir

Stitches: A Memoir

<p><strong>The #1 <em>New York Times</em> bestseller and National Book Award finalist that "breaks new ground for graphic novels" (Francois Mouly, art editor, <em>The New Yorker</em>).</strong></p> David Small, a best-selling and highly regarded children's book illustrator, comes forward with this unflinching graphic memoir. Remarkable and intensely dramatic, Stitches tells the story of a fourteen-year-old boy who awakes one day from a supposedly harmless operation to discover that he has been transformed into a virtual mute―a vocal cord removed, his throat slashed and stitched together like a bloody boot. From horror to hope, Small proceeds to graphically portray an almost unbelievable descent into adolescent hell and the difficult road to physical, emotional, and artistic recovery.<br /><br /> A National Book Award finalist; winner of the ALA's Alex Award; a #1 <em>New York Times</em> graphic bestseller; <em>Publishers Weekly</em> and <em>Washington Post</em> Top Ten Books of the Year, <em>Los Angeles Times</em> Favorite Book, ALA Great Graphic Novels, <em>Booklist</em> Editors Choice Award, Huffington Post Great Books of 2009, <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> Best of 2009, <em>Village Voice</em> Best Graphic Novel, finalist for two 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards (Best Writer/Artist: Nonfiction; Best Reality-Based Work). Illustrated throughout