Fun Home by Alison BechdelI finished this graphic novel in just 3 short sittings and wished that it didn't end. Slightly under 240 pages this memoir of Alison Bechdel was tragically comic. If you are a fan of Augusten Burroughs, Edward Gorey http://www.edwardgoreyhouse.org/and classic literature then you will devour this light dessert.
Review: This autobiographical tale deals with the authors "coming out" as a lesbian and her parents crumbling marriage. Her father(a high school English teacher and funeral parlor owner) is a closeted homosexual that likes younger men. This is only revealed to Alison after her own "coming out" to her parents in college. She struggles with the thought that this triggered her fathers bizarre death. Shortly after the "coming out" and talk of divorce her dad is hit by a truck, which she connects to his likeness of "the hero" in classic literature. A must read if you are looking for something out of the ordinary.
She even has a blog worth checking out.
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