Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother and Me

Sarah Leavitt’s graphic memoir, published by Broadview Press and ongoing since 2010, is a deeply personal and unflinching exploration of her mother’s journey with Alzheimer’s disease. Through spare, expressive art and candid storytelling, Leavitt captures the emotional complexities of caregiving, memory loss, and the shifting bonds between mother and daughter. This single-issue work stands as a poignant, essential contribution to the graphic medicine genre, offering a compassionate and visually resonant account of a family navigating a devastating illness.