Description |
232 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
1. Old father, old artificer -- 2. A Happy death -- 3. That old catastrophe -- 4. In the shadow of young girls in flower -- 5. The canary-colored caravan of death -- 6. The ideal husband -- 7. The antihero's journey |
Summary |
Alison's father is a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian home, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and the family babysitter. This work shows a daughter's complex yearning for her father |
Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
American Library Association Stonewall Book Awards, 2007 |
Subject |
Bechdel, Alison, 1960-
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Bechdel, Alison, 1960- -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Bechdel, Alison, 1960- -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Bechdel, Alison, 1960- -- Childhood and youth -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction.
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Books and reading -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Books and reading.
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Cartoonists -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Closeted gays -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Father and child -- Biography.
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Father and child -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Funeral homes -- Biography.
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Funeral homes -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Homosexuality -- Biography.
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Homosexuality -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Lesbian cartoonists -- United States -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Lesbians -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Father-Child Relations.
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Homosexuality.
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Family.
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Reading List |
ALL784 prescribed text 2024
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Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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Comics (Graphic works)
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Fiction.
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
0224080512 (paperback) |
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9780224080514 (paperback) |
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