The Secret to Superhuman Strength

The Best Graphic Book of 2021 by Publishers Weekly, a New York Times Best Graphic Novel of 2021, and a New York Times Notable Book! This profoundly affecting graphic memoir by the author of Fun Home delves into Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times.

With an ever-evolving panoply of running shoes, bicycles, skis, and sundry other gear, readers will be transported through their athletic or semi-active pasts as they witness the author's journey towards self-transcendence.

Through Eastern philosophers and literary figures such as Jack Kerouac, Bechdel comes to a soulful conclusion: superhuman strength lies not in six-pack abs, but in facing one's own non-transcendent but all-important interdependence with others.

Don't miss out on this heartrendingly comic chronicle for our times!