A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings

During Will Betke-Brunswick?s sophomore year of college, their beloved mother, Elizabeth, is diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. They only have ten more months together, which Will documents in evocative two-color illustrations. But as we follow Will and their mom through chemo and hospital visits, their time together is buoyed by laughter, jigsaw puzzles, modern art, and vegan BLTs. In a delightful twist, Will portrays their family as penguins, and their friends are cast as a menagerie of birds. In between therapy and bedside chats, they navigate uniquely human challenges, as Will prepares for math exams, comes out as genderqueer, and negotiates familial tension. A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings is an act of loving others and loving oneself, offering a story of coming-of-age, illness, death, and life that announces the arrival of a talented storyteller in Will Betke-Brunswick. At its heart, Will?s story is a celebration of a mother-child relationship filled with unconditional devotion, humor, care, and openness.

Author: Will Betke-Brunswick

Publisher: Tin House Books

Publication Date: Nov 15, 2022

Number of Pages: 168 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1953534457

ISBN-13: 9781953534453