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ICU Grandma (Large Print Edition)
Hardcover
Publisher: Griffin Intellectual Property
Published: May 8 2026
Pages: 26
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.25 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ICU Grandma is an adult picture book that tells a difficult story in the simple voice of a child. Following a grandmother through a long ICU stay, it captures the machines, transfers, false hope, decline, and grief that can come with prolonged critical illness. Using the visual language of a playful picture book to tell an unsettling adult story, ICU Grandma explores the emotional weight of modern hospital care when recovery is no longer truly possible. This is not a children's book. It is a sad, uncomfortable, and painfully familiar story for readers who have lived through serious illness at the bedside-or cared for patients there themselves.
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