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Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama

Alison Bechdel

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Nov 27, 2012 Booktart rated it really liked it

Didn't love this quite as much as Fun Home but still enjoyed it. Definitely related to various aspects, particularly some of the author's feelings about her mother. The book felt kind of like a therapy session -- sometimes the psychological jargon was a bit much but I found most of it enlightening and might check out Alice Miller's book (referenced throughout) as a result. ...more

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Jul 19, 2012 Donna rated it liked it

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This book just barely worked its way to three stars for me under one of my old rubrics that if I finished it I must have liked it. Perhaps 2.5 stars would be closer.

I read and enjoyed Bechdel's first book "Fun House" and I do think that reading that memoir might be helpful before reading this one. There are constant references here to the "book about my dad."

I have come to realize that as a general rule I like biography better than memoir. This memoir while focusing on the author's relationship ...more

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Oct 11, 2012 Maya rated it liked it

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While this book really hooked me, I'm not sure I enjoyed it that much. At the same time, I feel it was very well done and impressive in how this essentially disjointed memoir was ultimately finely woven together. It's hard to rate a book like this...
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