First published 2013
Alison Bechdel, author of the acclaimed Fun Home, embarks on a deeply personal exploration of her relationship with her mother. Raised by a voracious reader and passionate amateur actor, Bechdel grapples with the gulf that opened between them when her mother stopped touching or kissing her goodnight as a child. Poignantly and hilariously, Bechdel delves into her mother's artistic aspirations, the iconic psychoanalyst who influenced her, and her own adult love life, seeking answers to the mother-daughter divide. At the heart of this richly layered search lies a truce, fragile yet real-time, that will move and astonish all adult children of gifted mothers.
Genres: literary-fiction, biography-memoir, graphic-novels-comics, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States
304 pages · Paperback · Mariner Books