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Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama
by Alison Bechdel
If you’ve read Fun Home and consider it to be a highly important entry into the modern graphic novel canon, then you’ll likely find a lot of interest in Are You My Mother, though it’s mostly supplemental material that only serves to further outline Bechdel’s life. While the book tackles her relationship with her mother a good deal, it doesn’t drive the story forward as much as that with her father in Fun Home.
Psychology nerds will certainly find a lot to chew on here, given how many times Bechdel either quotes various psychologists or recounts her own therapeutic experiences. That being said, scholarly types in general may get more out of this than a casual reader. It took me a very long time to get through this book because of how densely Bechdel writes, aided by her beefy and intricate vocabulary, and in the end, I’m not sure what I really took away from it (other than having depression sucks, which I kind of already knew). I’d say only give this a shot if you’re really interested or you like Donald Winnicott.
Psychology nerds will certainly find a lot to chew on here, given how many times Bechdel either quotes various psychologists or recounts her own therapeutic experiences. That being said, scholarly types in general may get more out of this than a casual reader. It took me a very long time to get through this book because of how densely Bechdel writes, aided by her beefy and intricate vocabulary, and in the end, I’m not sure what I really took away from it (other than having depression sucks, which I kind of already knew). I’d say only give this a shot if you’re really interested or you like Donald Winnicott.