The Story
FUN HOME A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC TP (MR) Previously Offered Thru Other Distributors
(W) ALISON BECHDEL (A) ALISON BECHDEL (C) ALISON BECHDEL
HARPERCOLLINS
StockID: 172051 SKU: 0226HC0834
Alison Bechdel’s groundbreaking- bestselling graphic memoir that charts her fraught relationship with her late father. Distant and exacting- Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home- which Alison and her family referred to as the"Fun Home."It was not until college that Alison- who had recently come out as a lesbian- discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation- he was dead- leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve. In her hands- personal history becomes a work of amazing subtlety and power- written with controlled force and enlivened with humor- rich literary allusion- and heartbreaking detail.
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FUN HOME A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC TP (MR) Previously Offered Thru Other Distributors
(W) ALISON BECHDEL (A) ALISON BECHDEL (C) ALISON BECHDEL
HARPERCOLLINS
StockID: 172051 SKU: 0226HC0834
Alison Bechdel’s groundbreaking- bestselling graphic memoir that charts her fraught relationship with her late father. Distant and exacting- Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home- which Alison and her family referred to as the"Fun Home."It was not until college that Alison- who had recently come out as a lesbian- discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation- he was dead- leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve. In her hands- personal history becomes a work of amazing subtlety and power- written with controlled force and enlivened with humor- rich literary allusion- and heartbreaking detail.
