Name: Fun Home
ISBN: 9781417823147

Alison Bechdel

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 ho

A Family Tragicomic

Fun Home

A bit tedious, super straining to read, but very enlightening and raw 

Anna Cassmer Ling-Vannérus

I read this a few years ago and didn’t really have a deep enough understanding to fully grasp the meaning of this graphic novel. Reading it again, it was still complex and intellectual, but I think I was able to enjoy it a bit more now that I’ve aged some. I appreciate the dark humor and existentialism/self-discovery thread throughout. Still a lot of literary depth I couldn’t fully grasp with all of the references to classic books, but I still felt immersed and drawn in despite that.

Fun Home A Family Tragicomic