Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is by Alison Bechdel. This a memoir in graphic novel form describing Bechdel's childhood and the death of her father, in what the work hints might be a suicide. After his death, Alison, who has recently told her parents she is a lesbian, discovers her father was a closeted homosexual. This memoir is bitingly funny and tragic at the same time. The complexity of Bechdel's feelings for her family, especially her father, are told with brutal honesty. The art is also stellar. This is a memoir worth reading, but it is definitely not for everyone.
Ratings: Adult - 7 of 10 - P (profanity) - AC (mature thematic content).
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