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The Resource Fun home : a family tragicomic, Alison Bechdel
Fun home : a family tragicomic, Alison Bechdel
Resource Information
The item Fun home : a family tragicomic, Alison Bechdel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.This item is available to borrow from 31 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Fun home : a family tragicomic, Alison Bechdel represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.
This item is available to borrow from 31 library branches.
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- Summary
- "A 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 funeral home director, high school English teacher, and closeted homosexual."--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Mariner Books edition.
- Extent
- 232 pages
- Note
- "Fun Home" Now a Broadway Musical--Cover
- Isbn
- 9780618871711
- Label
- Fun home : a family tragicomic
- Title
- Fun home
- Title remainder
- a family tragicomic
- Statement of responsibility
- Alison Bechdel
- Title variation
- Family tragicomic
- Subject
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- Cartoonists -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Graphic novels
- trueParent and child
- trueLesbian teenagers -- Coming out
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- trueAutobiographical comics
- trueComics and Graphic novels
- trueChildren of divorced parents
- trueDeath
- trueBrothers
- trueTeachers
- trueFuneral homes
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueGay men
- trueLGBTQIA comics
- trueUndertakers
- Bechdel, Alison, 1960- -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueDivorce
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueTeacher-student relationships
- trueCartoonists -- United States
- trueHistoric preservation
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Growing up
- trueBechdel, Alison, 1960-
- trueCloseted gay men
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Families
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A 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 funeral home director, high school English teacher, and closeted homosexual."--From publisher description
- Summary
- 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
- Award
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- ALA Notable Book, 2007.
- Eisner Awards, Best Reality-Based Work, 2007.
- Lambda Literary Award for Biography/Autobiography, 2006.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2006
- Rainbow List, 2008.
- Awards note
- American Library Association Stonewall Book Awards, Israel Fish Nonfiction award, 2007.
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 143477
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bechdel, Alison
- Dewey number
- 741.5/973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- comics graphic novels
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- Bechdel, Alison
- Cartoonists
- Target audience
- adult
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- a family tragicomic
- Label
- Fun home : a family tragicomic, Alison Bechdel
- Note
- "Fun Home" Now a Broadway Musical--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- still image
- text
- Content type code
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- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Mariner Books edition.
- Extent
- 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618871711
- Lccn
- 2005030304
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly color illustrations
- Label
- Fun home : a family tragicomic, Alison Bechdel
- Note
- "Fun Home" Now a Broadway Musical--Cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- still image
- text
- Content type code
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- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Mariner Books edition.
- Extent
- 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780618871711
- Lccn
- 2005030304
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- chiefly color illustrations
Subject
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAutobiographical comics
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBechdel, Alison, 1960-
- Bechdel, Alison, 1960- -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueBrothers
- trueCartoonists -- United States
- Cartoonists -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
- trueChildren of divorced parents
- trueCloseted gay men
- trueComics and Graphic novels
- trueDeath
- trueDivorce
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Families
- trueFathers and daughters
- trueFuneral homes
- trueGay men
- Graphic novels
- trueHistoric preservation
- trueLGBTQIA comics
- trueLesbian teenagers -- Coming out
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- trueLife stories -- Relationships | Growing up
- trueParent and child
- trueTeacher-student relationships
- trueTeachers
- trueUndertakers
Genre
- trueAdult books for young adults
- trueAutobiographical comics
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueComic books, strips, etc
- trueComics and Graphic novels
- trueFamily and Relationships
- trueGraphic novels
- trueLGBTQIA comics
- trueLife stories
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2007
- trueEisner Awards: Best Reality-Based Work
- trueLambda Literary Awards: Biography / Autobiography
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2006
- trueRainbow List: 2008
- trueStonewall Book Awards: Israel Fishman Nonfiction Award
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Paperback Graphic Books
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Illustration Both picture books and graphic novels have a unique set of qualities important to their readers, from color and drawing sty;e to the mood evoked by the illustrations.
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