Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama, (Paperback)

from GabbyF

I have always been a fan of Alison Bechdel, reading Fun Home multiple times, learning something new each time about the interpersonal conflicts between Bechdel and her father. Are You My Mother was visually beautiful, but it seemed to lack character complexity of Fun Home. Perhaps the story line ...

from marthaearly

Bechdel's "Fun House" was a game changer for me in terms of weighty graphic novels. "Are You My Mother?" follows up with Bechdel and her relationship with her mother instead of her father. However, the threads feel bigger and more numerous. There's not a lot of follow-through and it's hard to kee...

from LibraryCin

2.5 stars Alison Bechdel's first graphic novel, "Fun Home", looked at her growing up and her relationship with her dad. This one was meant to look at her relationship with her mom. This was not only an analysis of the author's relationship with her mother, but an analysis of her therapy. Or, that...

from bakersfieldbarbara

After reading Fun Home and jumping feet first into my first graphic novel, I read Are You My Mother by the same author, Alison Bechdel. In Fun Home, Bechdel gives us a graphic biography of her father while Are You My Mother deals with Bechtel's complicated relationship with her mother. As Bechdel...

from bluepigeon

Are You My Mother? is not, if you ask me, about Bechdel's mother. It is mostly about Bechdel, her creative demons, her childhood, her relationships with lovers and, yes, therapists. Bechdel writes well and the whole book is drawn beautifully with a lot of attention to detail. Panels flow well and...