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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
4.0

I chose to read this after completing a graphic novel course, mainly because it was a challenged book. This coming of age (surprise surprise) graphic novel tells about a young girl’s experiences growing up with a dysfunctional family that also runs a “fun”eral home. The author is a strong lesbian woman and came out in a time when it wasn’t as acceptable as it is now. The story tells of her relationship with her parents and her fathers (maybe not so accidental) death, coming out to her parents, finding out her father had some homosexual secrets himself. It’s an interesting read and an important story to tell.