Alison Bechdel won tons of awards for Fun Home, her graphic novel about her father. In this book, she tackles her relationship with her mother, her experiences with analysts, and the works of psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. Bechdel's mother was an actress who stifled her career to raise her children while coping with a marriage to a gay man who ultimately committed suicide. The book mainly focuses on Bechdel herself and her conflicted feelings toward the emotionally distant mother who told her she was too old for kisses at age seven. After awhile Bechdel's internal conflicts get repetitive and tiresome. Disappointing.
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