Introduction Fun Home: a Family tragicomic, by Alison Bechdel, deals with the difficulties that a father and daughter face with sexuality/ being gay. Alison Bechdel realizes that Bruce and her are on opposite side of the Kinsey scale regarding their gender preferences. The story pursuit…
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Author
Alison Bechdel
Country
United States
Original language
English
Genre
Graphic novel, memoir
Publication date
June 8, 2006 (Houghton Mifflin, hardcover); June 5, 2007 (Mariner Books, paperback)
Major Characters
Alison Bechdel, Bruce Bechdel, Helen Bechdel, Joan, Roy
Plot
The memoir follows the story of Alison Bechdel's life from being a young girl to being a young adult. She deals with her own lesbian sexuality, her father Bruce's suicide, and his secret homosexuality or bisexuality that he kept hidden.