About this book
In this graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father.<br /><br />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 <i>Fun Home.</i> 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 legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve.