"If David Sedaris could draw, and if Bleak House had been a little funnier, you'd have Alison Bechdel's Fun Home." --Amy Bloom, author of A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You"One of the very best graphic novels ever.""Alison Bechdel - she"s one of the best, one to watch out for." --Harvey Pekar"Brave and forthright and insightful--exactly what Alison Bechdel does best." --Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard Out of Carolina"Stupendous...mesmerizing...The details...are devastatingly captured by an artist in total control of her craft." --Chip Kidd, author of The Cheese Monkeys"Alison Bechdel - she's one of the best, one to watch out for." --Harvey Pekar"Graphic storytelling at its most profound." --a Los Angeles Times Favorite Book of 2006"ÝAlison Bechdel¨ hits notes that resemble Jeanette Winterson at her best...She's made a story that's quiet Ýand¨ dignified.""One of the best memoirs of the decade ... at once hypercontrolled and utterly intimate." --New York Magazine, 10 Best Books of 2006TIME Best Book of the Year: "A masterpiece about two people who live in the same house but different worlds, and their mysterious debts to each other."

An unusual memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father, a historic preservation expert dedicated to restoring the family's Victorian home, funeral home director, high-school English teacher, and closeted homosexual. Reprint.