{"product_id":"fun-home-by-alison-bechdel-9780224080514","title":"Fun Home","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bestselling memoir from a cult favourite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFun Home\u003c\/em\u003e was named a Best Book of the Year by \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the bestselling graphic memoir behind the Olivier Award-nominated musical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A sapphic graphic treat' - The Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA moving and darkly humorous family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Alison Bechdel's gothic drawings. If you liked Marjane Satrapi's \u003cem\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/em\u003e, you'll love this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian home, a third-generation funeral home director, a high-school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and the family babysitter. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescence, the denouement is swift, graphic, and redemptive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInterweaving between childhood memories, college life and the present day, and through narrative that is equally heartbreaking and fiercely funny, Alison looks back on her complex relationship with her father and finds they had more in common than she ever knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A groundbreaking masterpiece' - The Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A finely woven blend of yearning and euphoric fantasy' - Evening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of The Guardian's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46500843061484,"sku":"9780224080514","price":32.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/21119213482267.jpg?v=1748584359","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/fun-home-by-alison-bechdel-9780224080514","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}