I, Parrot
By: by Deb Olin Unferth & Elizabeth Haidle
Contributors: Haidle, Elizabeth, 1974- artist
Publisher: Black Balloon Publishing, an imprint of Catapult
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781936787654
Subjects: Divorced mothers; Self-realization in women; Captive parrots; Comic books, strips
Description: Typing up positive-thought messages for a self-help guru isn't exactly Daphne's idea of dream job. But to regain custody of her nine-year-old son, she's willing to try. A few weeks later, when that same self-help guru asks her to take care of 100 endangered parrots, Daphne is willing to try that too. What ensues is a hilarious, heartbreaking tragicomedy involving the love of her life, the landlady from hell, three house painters, a flock of passenger pigeons and a super-sized bag of mite-killing powder. With text by acclaimed author Deb Olin Unferth and stunning illustrations by artist Elizabeth Haidle, I Parrot is not only a poignant, literary graphic novel, but also a portrait of woman who will do anything--no matter how ridiculous or revolutionary--to care for her child and find a to triumph in world where idealists and misfits rarely win.