Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the “Fun Home.” It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a confused legacy for his daughter to resolve.
In her hands, personal history becomes a work of subtlety and power, written with controlled force and enlivened with humor, rich literary allusion, and heartbreaking detail.
Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the “Fun Home.” It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a confused legacy for his daughter to resolve.
In her hands, personal history becomes a work of subtlety and power, written with controlled force and enlivened with humor, rich literary allusion, and heartbreaking detail.

Fun Home: The Deluxe Collector's Edition: A Family Tragicomic
240
Fun Home: The Deluxe Collector's Edition: A Family Tragicomic
240Hardcover
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780063458109 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 11/04/2025 |
Pages: | 240 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
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