[Unferth's] language is sly and bitterly funny, matched in mood by
Haidle's monochromatic, inkwash-style artwork, which plays up the
story's whimsy as well as its sadness. --The New York Times Book
Review
Daphne is willing to risk everything to get her son back. Surreal,
funny and deeply affecting, I, Parrot is the tale of mother, a son,
forty-two endangered parrots, and a fierce search for redemption and a
freer world.
When Daphne loses custody of her son, she is willing to do whatever it
takes to get him back--even if it means enlisting the help of the
wayward love of her life, a trio of housepainters, a flock of passenger
pigeons, a landlady from hell, a super-sized bag of mite-killing powder,
and more parrots than she knows what to do with.
I, Parrot, by acclaimed author Deb Olin Unferth with stunning
illustrations by artist Elizabeth Haidle, dips into the surreal with
poignancy and humor. In this riveting, funny, and tragic graphic novel,
Daphne must risk everything. Her quest is ultimately a tale about
civilization's decline, the heartbreak of extinction, and the redemption
found in individual revolution.
"A lovingly crafted world of gray, at once complex and weightless."
--Roman Muradov, author of Lost and Found