{"product_id":"fun-home-a-family-tragicomic","title":"Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic","description":"\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\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAutobiography of artist Alison Bechdel explores her relationship with her family, specifically her father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Mariner book.;Autobiography of artist Alison Bechdel explores her relationship with her family, specifically her father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e#1 Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Stonewall Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDouble finalist for the Lambda Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e- \u003cbr\u003e Nominated for the \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGLAAD Media Award\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlison Bechdel's groundbreaking, bestselling graphic memoir that charts her fraught relationship with her late father. \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlison Bechdel\u003c\/b\u003e's cult following for her early comic strip \n\u003ci\u003eDykes to Watch Out For\u003c\/i\u003e expanded wildly for her family memoirs, the best-selling graphic memoir \n\u003ci\u003eFun Home\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted into a Tony Award-winning musical, and \n\u003ci\u003eAre You My Mother?\u003c\/i\u003e Bechdel has been named a MacArthur Fellow and Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont, among many other honors. Her new memoir, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Secret to Superman Strength, \u003c\/i\u003eis forthcoming in 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The great writing of the twenty-first century may well be found in graphic novels and nonfiction....Alison Bechdel's \u003cem\u003eFun Home \u003c\/em\u003eis an astonishing advertisement for this emerging literary form.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Graphic storytelling at its most profound.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, Favorite Book of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A splendid autobiography...refreshingly open and generous.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFun Home\u003c\/em\u003e must be the most ingeniously compact, hyper-verbose example of autobiography to have been produced. . . .pioneering.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds, and their mysterious debts to each other.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A splendid autobiography...refreshingly open and generous.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Fun Home must be the most ingeniously compact, hyper-verbose example of autobiography to have been produced. . . . pioneering.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"A masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds, and their mysterious debts to each other.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Graphic storytelling at its most profound.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/em\u003e Favorite Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e \"The great writing of the twenty-first century may well be found in graphic novels and nonfiction....Alison Bechdel's \u003cem\u003eFun Home \u003c\/em\u003eis an astonishing advertisement fro this emerging literary form.\"\u003cstrong\u003e --\u003cem\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Brilliant and bittersweet.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Beautiful combines the mundane with the macabre, adding doses of wry, poignant humor on every page.\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e --Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"One of the best memoirs of the decade ... at once hypercontrolled and utterly intimate.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, Best Books of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e \"A revelation ... feels like a true literary achievement, something with characters who baffle and disappoint and break hears the way people do in life and in the best of prose.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"If David Sedaris could draw, and if Bleak House had been a little funnier, you'd have Alison Bechdel's Fun Home.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Amy Bloom, author of \u003cem\u003eA Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Alison Bechdel - she's one of the best, one to watch out for.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Harvey Pekar\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Masterful...an enormously successful work.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Village Voice \u003c\/strong\u003e \"A staggeringly literate and revealing autobiography.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eSeattle Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Brave and forthright and insightful--exactly what Alison Bechdel does best.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina\u003c\/strong\u003e \"Stupendous...mesmerizing...The details...are devastatingly captured by an artist in total control of her craft.\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Chip Kidd, author of The Cheese Monkeys\u003c\/strong\u003e \"[Alison Bechdel] hits notes that resemble Jeanette Winterson at her best...She's made a story that's quiet [and] dignified.\" \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e--Publishers Weekly, Starred\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"[With] uncommon richness [and] depth...[Fun Home] shares as much in spirit with...other contemporary memoirists of considerable literary accomplishment.\"\u003cstrong\u003e --Kirkus Reviews, Starred\u003c\/strong\u003e \"One of the very best graphic novels ever.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist, ALA, Starred Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21\u003csup\u003eST\u003c\/sup\u003e CENTURY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime Magazine #1 Book of the Year - National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Stonewall Book Award - Double finalist for the Lambda Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Bechdel's groundbreaking, bestselling literary graphic memoir that charts her fraught relationship with her late father. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her hands, personal history becomes a work of amazing subtlety and power, a unique coming-of-age story written with controlled force and enlivened with humor, rich literary allusion, and heartbreaking detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow does a daughter resolve the legacy of mystery left by the man she called her father?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFamily Secrets: \u003c\/b\u003e Growing up in the family funeral home, nicknamed the \"Fun Home,\" was only the first layer of mystery in a household built on secrets.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLGBTQ+ Coming of Age: \u003c\/b\u003e As Alison comes out as a lesbian in college, she makes a discovery about her father that forces her to re-examine her entire childhood.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Complicated Father-Daughter Story: \u003c\/b\u003e A raw and honest exploration of a fraught relationship with a distant, exacting, and enigmatic father.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLiterary Nonfiction: \u003c\/b\u003e A narrative woven with rich literary allusions and heartbreaking honesty that redefines what a graphic memoir can be.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\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\"\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/11\/2009 pg. 84 (EAN 9780618871711, Paperback)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2014 pg. 48 (EAN 9780618871711, Paperback) - 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Bechdel has been named a MacArthur Fellow, among many other honors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bechdel, Alison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2007-06-01\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels|Nonfiction|Biography \u0026amp; Memoir|Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels|LGBTQ+|General|Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels|Humorous|Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels|Fantasy|General|Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels|Contemporary Women|Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels|Occult \u0026amp; Supernatural|Comics \u0026amp; Graphic Novels|Historical Fiction|General\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Fathers and daughters|Cartoonists|Lesbians|Graphic novels|United States|Bechdel, Alison|Comics (Graphic works)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618871711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780618871711\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154171887894,"sku":"SP-9780618871711","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780618871711_spiral.png?v=1774935353","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/fun-home-a-family-tragicomic","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}