Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison BechdelMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
This is a graphic novel about the author's relationship with her father. Before this book, the only thing I knew about Alison Bechdel was that she was the one to coin "The Bechdel Test" for entertainment (ie: does a movie have more than 2 female characters and they do have at least one conversation that isn't about a dude(s)).
Anyway, her father was there, but wasn't. He wasn't demonstrative with his love and kept his family at arm's length. He also had a secret (he was gay). I feel like I should have liked this more than I did since it's about trying to make sense of a life (and death) of a loved one. And that loved one not being able to fully accept/acknowledge who they truly are.
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