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This randomly turned up inside my entryway: nobody knows how or why. I've loved the “Dykes to Watch Out For“ strip in the past, so it was really cool to read Bechdel's own story as a graphic novel. It's her coming out story, running on a parallel track with her growing awareness that her dad is also queer and closeted, with all the complexities that involves for everyone in her small-town family.
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When I‘ve read her advice column, I‘ve thought she was kind of smug, especially when she talked about her marriage. So I thought this was a novel when I placed a hold at the library, instead it‘s a very real memoir about the ups and downs of marriage and raising kids. It was refreshing for her to share the imperfections of life with a mostly great husband and usually fantastic kids. Good if you‘re looking for a funny memoir or #audiobook!

This memoir seems to be taking a major place in the modern queer canon, so I‘m glad I finally read it, but it wasn‘t exactly what I expected. The majority of the book is focused on her father‘s story, which is equal parts tragic and horrifying. She is able to see her father with surprising compassion and detachment, as if she were writing this at the end of her life, not just at a remove of a few years.

Marc Petitjean separates fact from family legend in his biography about Kahlo and his father. He explores the veracity of the family stories about his father‘s affair with Kahlo in 1939. She gave the elder Petitjean, Michel, a painting she titled The Heart as a parting gift. It‘s also part pre-WWII history and art history.

Full review https://www.TheBibliophage.com

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