{"product_id":"opioids-and-organs","title":"Opioids and Organs","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOpioids and Organs\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully drawn and irreverent exploration of the eerie bond between organ donations and addiction, weaving science, history, grief and Frankenstein into a haunting graphic novel about what we carry when we inherit more than just flesh and bone.\" --Miriam Toews, \u003ci\u003eWomen Talking and A Complicated Kindness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A profoundly moving and beautifully whimsical exploration of grief and family by way of Mary Shelley and a wise, irresistible lizard. Arizona O'Neill brilliantly reanimates Frankenstein to ask urgent and deeply contemporary questions about the ethics of life and death. A gorgeous graphic novel.\" --Mona Awad, \n\u003ci\u003eWe Love You, Bunny and Rouge\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eArizona O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e is a Montreal-based author and illustrator. She is the illustrator of Nelly Arcan's \n\u003ci\u003eL'enfant dans le miroir\u003c\/i\u003e, and Heather O'Neill's \n\u003ci\u003eValentine in Montreal\u003c\/i\u003e. Her comics have appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eHazlitt, Exclaim!\u003c\/i\u003e and \n\u003ci\u003eCanadian Geographic\u003c\/i\u003e. She has created animated videos for many outlets including CBC. \n\u003ci\u003eOpioids and Organs\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut graphic novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA heartwrenching memoir of a daughter losing her father and a scathing indictment of the medical industry \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArizona grieves at the hospital bed of her father, a man she hardly knew, brain dead after a fentanyl overdose. Doctors encourage her to act quickly to recast him as a hero by way of organ donations. Distraught, Arizona makes a decision that will haunt her for the rest of her life. As she struggles to come to terms with her father's death and her role as next of kin in making his life's last decision, she uncovers inconvenient truths about the organ industry's own codependence on the opioid crisis. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer parents were bohemian wild kids of 90s Montreal. He was a talented skateboarder, charming guitarist, and visual artist. She was an aspiring writer and outcast. They lived with other teenagers in the Plateau in a messy apartment filled with drugs, alcohol, and black-market animals. The city's macabre history--McGill Medical School, the Mount Royal Cemetery, ancient cadavers at the Maude Abbott Medical Museum--takes center stage as Arizona sorts out fact from fiction. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOpioids and Organs is a damning critique of an industry that takes advantage of society's outcasts. It is also the graphic novel debut of O'Neill herself, who weaves together a dramatic personal history with that of how humanity made its scientific advances. A muted yet striking pastel palette and a dolllike fantastical elegance belie both the gruesomeness of the book's topic and the rage of its author. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9781770468450, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781770468450, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781770468450, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/18\/2026 (EAN 9781770468450, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eO'Neill, Arizona\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eArizona O'Neill\u003c\/b\u003e is a Montreal-based author and illustrator. 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