You were asked if writing the book was cathartic. And you state, for me, it was a way of remembering. I wanted to remember my parents, remember what they sounded like and what the experience was like. Do you feel that no matter what you would have done, it would not have been enough? Our relationship, especially my relationship with my mother, was complicated enough that the problems probably went far beyond my ability or inability to take care of them.
Roz Chast joins to talk about her remarkable life and how she earned a coveted spot as a cartoonist for The New Yorker.