Fun Home

Fun Home


By: Alison Bechdel
Reviewed by: Matt, 13
Rating: It was amazing!


Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic...the epic tale of the lives of Alison Bechdel and her family. Her dad was a closet homosexual and kind of a petaphile who taught english, ran the family funeral ("fun") home, and was an enthusiast of historical restoration and, to a lesser extent, reading classic literature. Alison Bechdel described herself as (and I qoute) "Spartan to my father's Athenian". This tale expresses the feelings and lifestyle associated with her childhood, teen years, and college life. Alison Bechdel is a lesbian, a discovery that she made in college, and she accepted this and connected to her father for some time with that and classic literature. A common sight in this book is her father's death, and reflections of her life in general. Fun Home is an amazing, erotic and insightful portrait of the life of the Bechdel family, and if you have the chance, read it.


Recommended to: people 16 or older for (extremely, at some points) graphic content