A few weeks ago I was participating in an online chat with some fellow Elevensies, and the subject of book blurbs came up. I said something along the lines of never having read a book based on a blurb that appeared on the cover of the book. I now have to eat those words.
The other day at the library I was randomly perusing the graphic novel section, when I pulled out a copy of Fun Home by Allison Bechdel and read the following blurb on the back cover:
If David Sedaris could draw, and if Bleak House had been a little funnier, you’d have Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home.
- Amy Bloom author of A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You
Obviously the book went straight into my library bag.
Amy Bloom’s blurb is spot on and this graphic novel memoir is a must read for anyone who is a fan of the genre. It concerns the author’s early years growing up in a non-traditional family (the ‘fun’ in fun home by the way is short for funeral) and dealing with her father’s somewhat confused sexuality while also coming to terms with her own sexual identity. Good stuff.
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I’ve read Bechdel’s Fun Home and thought it was great! Both the illustrations and the storyline were spot on in my opinion.
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I love it when a book jumps out at you like that and demands you buy it! Those ones are usually the best!
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Oh my gosh, what a great blurb!!! I would totally pick that book up too. Can’t wait to check it out.
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Sam: It was a great book, and I am always a bit in awe of someone who can tell a story by the perfect combination of words and pictures.
Heather: I have so many books on my to-read list that I sometimes feel a little bit bad of picking up something completely random, but it usually is very rewarding.
Lisa and Laura: I need to come up with my own fantasy blurb and then figure out someone I can bribe into writing it. I’m kidding, of course!
It sounds irresistible, so I added it to my wish list.
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