Bipolar Bear and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Health Insurance by Kathleen Founds
A graphic novel about navigating the US medical insurance system and receiving fair and adequate coverage for mental illness. Based on the author's own experience in being treated for bipolar disorder.“Zany with a zinger of a political message”
—Publishers Weekly
“A richly illustrated, darkly funny fable for adults about the country’s dysfunctional health system.”
—Rachel Scheier Kaiser Health News
“Kathleen Founds is a luminous, bright, subversive, and very funny writer. What I especially love about her work is the sense that her strange and wonderful talent is always working in the service of a deeply humane and hopeful vision of the world.”
—George Saunders,author of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
“This delightful, effortless read keeps us happily afloat over some serious and deeply consequential terrain. Plus wonderful pictures!”
—Karen Joy Fowler,Man Booker Finalist and author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“A satire with heart.”
—Vanessa Diffenbauh,author of The Language of Flowers
“Theodore is an adorable everyman who falls into the dreaded vortex of insurance claims—no creature this cute should have to suffer what millions of Americans go through right when they need help the most. In one crafty panel after another, Founds wittily eviscerates this mess with tenderness for its hapless victims and merciless venom for the profiteers. Bipolar Bear is biting satire and call for action presented in some of the most captivating illustrations I’ve ever seen.”
—Elizabeth McKenzie,author of The Portable Veblen and Stop That Girl!
“A clever and compelling allegory, Bipolar Bear makes us think deeply about social justice and healthcare reform through the misadventures of a lovable bear named Theodore who gets caught in the dark underbelly of our problematic insurance industry. With beautiful art that is at once playful and evocative, this graphic novel is as humorous as it is enraging. Theodore and the supporting cast of lovable animals manage to make the issues only all the more human. Founds has written a perfect fable for our times.”
—Liza Monroy,author“ of The Marriage Act
“Bipolar Bear and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Health Insurance is, I promise, unlike any book you've ever read — like all of Kathleen Founds's work, it is full of delight and sorrow, of lightness and profundity, of silliness and deep intelligence, often all on the same page. I so admired the brilliant and capacious imagination on display in these pages.”
—Vauhini Vara,author of The Immortal King Rao
“Kathleen Founds is one of my favorite young writer-artists in America, and Bipolar Bear—by turns hilarious and heart-breaking—is her finest work yet. I loved this book.”
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus,author of A Sense of Direction
Kathleen Founds is the author of the prize-winning When Mystical Creatures Attack! Her work has appeared in the New Yorker online, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Good Housekeeping, The Sun, The Rumpus, The Hairpin, Buzzfeed, and Salon, among other publications. She teaches fiction writing at Cabrillo College and philosophy of nonviolence at Cal State Monterey Bay. Her website is www.kathleenfounds.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781637790359 |
| ISBN 10 | 163779035X |
| Title | Bipolar Bear and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Health Insurance |
| Author | Kathleen Founds |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Year published | 2022-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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