"This is a rare and moving work that shows how art helps us understand what it means to be together, through the most trying times of illness, uncertainty and the end of life." -- Jason Danely, author of Aging and Loss: Mourning and Maturity in Contemporary Japan "Life Lines offers a powerful contemplation of what it means to give care, to create together, and to be present for each other in the landscape of very old age." -- Mitra Emad, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Minnesota Duluth "Life Lines is a moving, intimate biography and family history that provides a welcome antidote to the utilitarian cynicism of our day and age." -- Steven Van Wolputte, Professor of Anthropology, KU Leuven and co-author of In the land of the Lacandón: A Graphic History of Adventure and Imperialism