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Fun Home
Fun Home: when you come out and then find out your dad had a whole secret life. And then he dies. 🏠
Who it's for
Bechdel reconstructs her childhood with her father, Bruce, an English teacher and funeral-home director who poured himself into restoring the family's Victorian house and hid his relationships with men and teenage boys.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Fun Home is Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir about growing up in rural Pennsylvania and her complicated relationship with her father, Bruce. He was a high school English teacher and ran the family funeral home (the 'Fun Home' of the title), and he obsessively restored their Victorian house.
Where to find it
In print; widely available from libraries (Libby/Hoopla) and as an ebook. Still in copyright.
Before you start
Heads up: Likely suicide and sexual abuse of teens.
Age: Ages 16+
Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Children”
