There are many tales out in literary and graphic novels about uncaring or abusive parents. It’s almost required that, if the parents are actually around they are abusive in some way or another. With David Small’s Stitches, we have parents who don’t seem to care about their kids due to their own issues. And some of casual cruelty will shock most readers. The title of this memoir refers to not only the mental stitches, but the physical reminder as well. So, let’s see what happened to David Small.