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Sarah Leavitt

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Biographies & Memoirs

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Sarah Leavitt is the author of the graphic memoir Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mother, and Me (2010), and the historical graphic novel Agnes, Murderess (2019).

Tangles was published in Canada, the US, UK, Germany, France, and Korea. It was the first comic to be a finalist for the Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize, was a Globe and Mail best book of the year, and is currently in development as a feature-length animation with Vancouver-based Giant Ant Media and a US production company. Tangles has been included in a number of exhibitions, notably at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and the National Library of Medicine. Tangles is part of the curricula in both health and literature courses from Canada to the UK to India.

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	Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me 4.16 avg rating — 1,977 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Something, Not Nothing: A Story of Grief and Love 4.43 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agnes, Murderess 3.97 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taliesin Diary: A Year with Frank Lloyd Wright by Priscilla J. Henken, Sarah Leavitt (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Northwords by Sarah Leavitt (Goodreads Author), Alissa York, Noah Richler 3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Essentials of Blood Product Management in Anesthesia Practice by Corey S. Scher (Editor), Alan David Kaye (Editor), Henry Liu (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crossing Lines: Comics about Human Migration (EthnoGRAPHIC) by Ellermann, Frederik Byrn Køhlert (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Leavitt (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Our parents taught us, as very young children, that language, words, and books belonged to us, that they were exciting and powerful, and that being smart and good with words was one of the most important things to strive for.”
― Sarah Leavitt, Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me

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“The gifted teacher is the one who helps develop children's eagerness to look and touch into a hunger to understand. Children motivated from within have a powerful capacity to concentrate, persevere, and succeed.”
― Sarah Leavitt, Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me

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“Your mom's mind is like the garden this summer, Tangled, but with spot of brightness”
― Sarah Leavitt, Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me

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Genre: Graphic Novel
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