After reading DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR, I was very eager to read more of Bechdel's work, and, since FUN HOME is one of her most lauded, I checked it out at the library first.

Organized thematically, with plenty of ouroboros loops and circles, Bechdel tells the tale of her childhood with a delicate, fine-tuned focus on her father and his relationships. Like a maestra, She taps and alludes to literature and myth to do what they do best: make sense of the chaos and illogic that is life. As she says herself, it's easier to get closer to her parents through fiction, and dang, does Bechdel do it. Knocks that one right out of the park. With words, with pictures, I was enraptured, electrified, enveloped. I read this book in two sittings, I kid you not. It filled me with a longing I struggle to explain or even put into words.

ARE YOU MY MOTHER? a sequel to FUN HOME is sitting next to me. I'm excited.