Writer and Artist: Alison Bechdel
What's it about?
Subtitled 'A Family Tragicomic' this is the story of Bechdel's family life, her emergent sexuality and her father's sexuality.
Bruce Bechdel is an English teacher and Funeral Director. He is obsessed with restoring the family's Victorian home, constantly rearranaging, redecorating, fixing, buffing, shining, wallpapering and hanging things within the house. He is an avid reader and a lot of his and Alison's relationship is conducted through literary discussion. When Alison is in college her Mother tells her that her Father has had many affairs throughout the years, all with men.
Against the chaotic background of Bechdel's home life she chronicles her experiences about life in the Fun Home (funeral parlour), her mother's amateur acting career, her developing anxiety, her gender expression and her discovery of lesbianism.
