Impossible People
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Opening at the culmination of a disastrous trip to Puerto Rico, the first page of Impossible People finds Julia standing stupefied in...
Opening at the culmination of a disastrous trip to Puerto Rico, the first page of Impossible People finds Julia standing stupefied in the middle of the jungle beside a rental jeep she's just crashed. From this moment, the story flashes back to the beginning of her five-year journey towards sobriety that includes group therapy sessions, relapses, an ill-fated relationship, terrible dates, and an unceremonious eviction from her New York City apartment. Far from the typical addiction narrative that follows an upward trajectory from rock bottom to rehab to recovery, Impossible People portrays the lesser told but more common story: That the road to recover is not always linear. With unflinching honesty and a healthy dose of humor, Wertz details the arduous, frustrating, and hilarious story of trying and failing and trying again.
Published By Black Dog & Leventhal
Format Hardback
Category
Number Of Pages 320
Publication Date 05/09/2023
ISBN 9780762468256
Dimensions 7.85 inches x 9.75 inches
"With her trademark dark humor laced with earnestness, sensitivity and wit, Wertz’s wiry black-and-white comics trace the roots of her slow road to sobriety. This tome is unusually absorbing for the unflinching way the narrator exposes her uneasy path to vulnerability – with friends, other loved ones and, ultimately, herself."
"Wertz writes with witty introspection, punctuated by moments of bottomless sadness and crude humor, both with surprising timing.... There are no life-changing revelations and no epic epiphanies, be we don't need either. Wertz masterfully turns the everyday and the mundane into stories funny enough to keep you entertained, and sad enough to leave you just a little wistful."
"Julia Wertz’s very funny story of addiction, is a pleasant meander through typically heavy memoir material, but also ordinary days, the promises we never plan to address, the thoughts we entertain (Wertz fantasizes falling through a subway grate and recouping millions)."
"A uniquely funny depiction of the progressively isolating cycle of addiction, best remedied by getting out of your bubble and letting people in."
“Reading Julia Wertz’s new book, Impossible People, is akin to a series of comfortable, chatty afternoon visits with an old friend.”
“Wertz juxtaposes sketchily cartooned figures against intricately detailed backgrounds in this unflinchingly honest, frequently hilarious memoir."
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