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In february of 2004 bechdel married amy rubin, her longtime partner, in san francisco, but the california supreme court later vacated their marriage. An unusual memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father, a historic preservation expert dedicated to restoring the family s victorian home, funeral home director, highschool english teacher, and closeted homosexual. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read fun home. Amid the tensions of her home life, alison discovers her own lesbian sexuality and her talent for. Fun home is the history, memoir and biography book which shares the story of a woman who grew up in difficult circumstances. Fun home a family tragicomic is the latest work from the highly skilled, insightful, neurotic and wryhumored pen of alison bechdel, best known for her dykes to watch out for comic strip. I just wanna share my experiences to read online or download full ebook instantly of fun home.
Read the book on paper it is quite a powerful experience. First, it captures the fact that the story of bruce in the memoir is a tragedy told in the format of a graphic novel a comic. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. Burlington book festival 2006 september 15, 2006 cartoonist and author alison bechdel reads from her new, critically acclaimed graphic memoir fun home with a. A family tragicomic is a graphic memoir by alison bechdel tracing her journey from young girl to young adult as she comes to grips with her own lesbian sexuality, her father bruce s most likely suicide, and his secret homosexuality or bisexuality that he kept hidden throughout his life while having affairs with underage boys. Alison bechdels cult following for her early comic strip dykes to watch out for expanded wildly for her family memoirs, the bestselling graphic memoir fun home, adapted into a tony awardwinning musical, and are you my mother. Alison bechdel this book takes its place alongside the unnerving, memorable, darkly funny family memoirs of augusten burroughs and mary karr. Sep 16, 2016 described by the times of london as a profound and important book fun home. The main characters of this young adult, fiction story are finnie family, carl ray.