{"product_id":"9780618871711","title":"Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic","description":"\u003cp\u003eAutobiography of artist Alison Bechdel explores her relationship with her family, specifically her father.\n\nCRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLER \n\nTime Magazine #1 Book of the Year \n- \nNational Book Critics Circle Award Finalist \n- \n\nWinner of the Stonewall Book Award \n- \nDouble finalist for the Lambda Book Award \n- \n Nominated for the \nGLAAD Media Award\n\nAlison Bechdel's groundbreaking, bestselling graphic memoir that charts her fraught relationship with her late father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e: CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLER  ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY Time Magazine #1 Book of the Year - National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist  Winner of the Stonewall Book Award - Double finalist for the Lambda Book Award  Alison Bechdel's groundbreaking, bestselling literary graphic memoir that charts her fraught relationship with her late father.   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. In 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. How 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback | \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2007-06-01\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48276175749346,"sku":"9780618871711","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0023\/0005\/1501\/files\/9780618871711.jpg?v=1787894294","url":"https:\/\/www.mangadeal.com\/products\/9780618871711","provider":"Manga Deal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}