MY FATHER THOUGHT ME DEAD
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Publishing Company:
PERSONALIA
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Imprint:
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Format:
ONE SHOT
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Creator(s):
NOëL UMMELS (STORY)
LIESBETH WAIJERS (ART)
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Number of Pages:
112
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Publication Date:
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Age:
ADULT
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Fiction/Non-Fiction
NON-FICTION
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Key words:
AUTOBIOGRAPHY, GRAPHIC MEDICINE, MENTAL HEALTH,
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Summary:
In this graphic novel author Noël Ummels reflects on the life of his father, Pierre Ummels, who suffered from what we now call a bipolar disorder and who spent nineteen years of his life in a psychiatric institution. Despite the many setbacks and disasters that riddled his father’s life, and the difficult relationship he had with his children, Ummels writes about him with a certain literary levity that leaves room for sympathy. The artwork is lovingly drawn by Liesbeth Waijers,who was Pierre Ummels’ daughter-in-law.
