--- product_id: 286650 title: "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" price: "€ 29.81" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.es/products/286650-fun-home-a-family-tragicomic store_origin: ES region: Spain --- # Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic **Price:** € 29.81 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - **How much does it cost?** € 29.81 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.es](https://www.desertcart.es/products/286650-fun-home-a-family-tragicomic) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21 ST CENTURY Time Magazine #1 Book of the Year • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Winner of the Stonewall Book Award • Double finalist for the Lambda Book Award Alison Bechdel’s groundbreaking, bestselling literary graphic memoir that charts her fraught relationship with her late father. 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 legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve. In her hands, personal history becomes a work of amazing subtlety and power, a unique coming-of-age story written with controlled force and enlivened with humor, rich literary allusion, and heartbreaking detail. How does a daughter resolve the legacy of mystery left by the man she called her father? Family Secrets: Growing up in the family funeral home, nicknamed the “Fun Home,” was only the first layer of mystery in a household built on secrets. LGBTQ+ Coming of Age: As Alison comes out as a lesbian in college, she makes a discovery about her father that forces her to re-examine her entire childhood. A Complicated Father-Daughter Story: A raw and honest exploration of a fraught relationship with a distant, exacting, and enigmatic father. Literary Nonfiction: A narrative woven with rich literary allusions and heartbreaking honesty that redefines what a graphic memoir can be. Review: Must read - Seriously one of the best graphic novels. Adult topics -- grief, suicide, sexuality -- all handled with deep thought and introspection. Review: The best book I’ve read in 2026 - Amazing read… engaging and absolutely beautiful. Thank you, Alison! I loved this to pieces and will read it again and again. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #16,138 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Biographies & History Graphic Novels #18 in Educational & Nonfiction Graphic Novels #559 in Memoirs (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,737 Reviews | ## Images ![Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81AVXOfEzaL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must read *by F***S on March 19, 2026* Seriously one of the best graphic novels. Adult topics -- grief, suicide, sexuality -- all handled with deep thought and introspection. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best book I’ve read in 2026 *by C***R on April 8, 2026* Amazing read… engaging and absolutely beautiful. Thank you, Alison! I loved this to pieces and will read it again and again. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Decent story with a LOT of literary allusions *by K***R on November 24, 2015* [Copied from my Goodreads review] You've probably heard of Alison Bechdel thanks to something used in film criticism called the Bechdel Test. For a film to pass the test it need to feature (1) at least two named female characters who (2) talk to each other about (3) something other than a man. Sadly, a lot of movies don't pass this simple three-question test... I had fun reading Fun home: A Family Tragicomic and checking to see if Bechdel's graphic memoir passed her eponymous test. It took a lot longer than I thought it would, but that's probably just because the test is meant to check films that feature a lot of dialogue and not graphic novels with a lot of narration. Fun Home tells the story of Bechdel's relationship with her father with plenty of literary allusions (Icarus, The Great Gatsby, what seems to be the entire works of James Joyce). There's also a wide overarching theme of sexuality due to both Alison and her father being gay. The novel is by no means chronological, but as the story continues you revisit scenes with new knowledge. Bruce (Alison's father) was a closeted high school English teacher and funeral director (who worked at a FUNeral HOME, get it?) who obsesses over restoring the Bechdel house to its Victorian glory. Helen (Alison's mother) worked on her dissertation whenever she wasn't acting in local theatrical productions (that often lent themselves to having themes pertinent to Alison or her parents' lives). It's in college that Alison realizes she's a lesbian and shortly after coming out to her parents, she finds out that her parents are getting a divorce because of her own father's homosexualtiy. While Alison and her father could have used their shared queerness to grow closer, fate (or her father's decision to kill himself) prevented that from happening. Just weeks after news of the divorce comes out, Bruce is killed by a Sunbeam delivery truck. The official ruling was after crossing the road, something like a snake in the grass caused him to jump backwards into the path of the truck, but Alison thinks he may have backed into the road on purpose. Many parts of the story focus on Alison wondering if her own coming out may have caused her father to commit suicide. The story and artwork were all very nice. The literary allusions were a little overbearing. Most of them went over my head; I feel like there should be a Cliffs Notes companion pamphlet sold with this to explain most of the connections. What I really want to do now is watch the Broadway musical adaptation of this story. Ever since I saw Sydney Lucas destroy at last year's Tony Awards with "Ring of Keys" I wanted to see what this musical was about. I'm glad I read the novel first but I can't imagine how different everything would be on stage. ## Frequently Bought Together - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - The Complete Persepolis: Volumes 1 and 2 - Gender Queer: A Memoir --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.es/products/286650-fun-home-a-family-tragicomic](https://www.desertcart.es/products/286650-fun-home-a-family-tragicomic) --- *Product available on Desertcart Spain* *Store origin: ES* *Last updated: 2026-06-03*