A graphic novel memoir recounting one parent's unique and wrenching
journey caring for a child with a terminal diagnosis
When Rick and Emily's infant son Ronan is diagnosed with Tay-Sachs, an
incurable neurological disorder, they are faced with the practical and
emotional hurdles of parenting and loving their son--despite the shadow
of inevitable loss. Rick Louis narrates this original graphic memoir,
with illustrator Lara Antal translating the space that Ronan occupies
before, during, and after his life, using flights of fancy and
imagination to express the bizarre, heartbreaking, and sometimes even
silly reality of human beings suddenly trapped in an impossible
situation.
Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars is a graphic memoir for fans of
Liana Finck's Passing for Humanand Tom Hart's Rosalie Lightning,
which was a Goodreads Choice Award semifinalist, Amazon Best Book of
2016, on the Washington Post's Best Graphic Novels of 2016 list, and
one of Publishers Weekly's 100 Best Books of 2016.
Ronan and the Endless Sea of Stars is a story of warmth and of
heartbreak--about finding joy in life, no matter how long or short that
life might be.