ARE YOU MY MOTHER TP (07 Oct Release)

Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home was a pop-culture and literary phenomenon. Now¸ a second thrilling tale of filial sleuthery¸ this time about her mother: voracious reader and passionate amateur actor. Also a woman¸ unhappily married to a closeted gay man¸ whose artistic aspirations simmered under the surface of Bechdel's childhood. Poignantly¸ hilariously¸ Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf. Are You My Mother? is a richly layered search that leads readers from the fascinating life and work of the iconic psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott¸ to one explosively illuminating Dr. Seuss illustration¸ to Bechdel’s own adult love life. And¸ finally¸ back to Mother—to a fragile truce that will move and astonish all adult children of gifted mothers.