Description
In this darkly comic illustrated novel, sixteen-year-old Roberta Rohbeson records the bleak, bizarre world around her—from an abusive home and hostile schoolmates to the outcasts who briefly offer companionship and escape. Her journal unfolds alongside memories of a harrowing childhood road trip with the violent man she calls “the father,” whose search for a lost fortune carries them across a landscape of greed, danger, and brutality. As past and present converge, Roberta’s sharply observant voice transforms trauma into a surreal, unsettling story of survival. Blending grotesque humor, adolescent candor, and vivid imagery, the novel explores family dysfunction, alienation, resilience, and the desperate need to find connection amid chaos.
Available Editions
paperback
Simon & Schuster
Published Jan 1, 1999
305 pages
ISBN: 0684829746
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Details
First Published
1999
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Cruddy by Lynda Barry.