{"product_id":"fun-home-a-family-tragicomic","title":"Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic","description":"CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLER\nONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY\nTime Magazine #1 Book of the Year • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist\nWinner of the Stonewall Book Award • Double finalist for the Lambda Book Award\nAlison Bechdel’s groundbreaking, bestselling literary graphic memoir that charts her fraught relationship with her late father.\nDistant 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.\nIn 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.\nHow does a daughter resolve the legacy of mystery left by the man she called her father? Family Secrets: Growing up in the family funeral home, nicknamed the “Fun Home,” was only the first layer of mystery in a household built on secrets. LGBTQ+ Coming of Age: 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. A Complicated Father-Daughter Story: A raw and honest exploration of a fraught relationship with a distant, exacting, and enigmatic father. Literary Nonfiction: A narrative woven with rich literary allusions and heartbreaking honesty that redefines what a graphic memoir can be.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0618871713\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.0618871713.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Bechdel, Alison\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: A well-loved companion. Corners and cover might show a little wear, and you could find some notes or highlights. The dust jacket might be MIA, it might have been a library book and extras aren't guaranteed—but the story's all there!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52636985360671,"sku":"PKV.0618871713.G","price":3.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/0618871713-0.jpg?v=1782407560","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/fun-home-a-family-tragicomic","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}